Scremby in the Domesday Book

A village in Candleshoe hundred, in the county of Lincolnshire.

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf Fenman
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
  • Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Households: 8 smallholders; 15 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 5 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 100 acres
  • Churches: 1

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Fenkell
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Durham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Fenkell (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ⁵⁄₈ men's plough (1 plough land)

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alnoth
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Durham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Durham
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo son of Spirewic
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Eudo son of Spirewic
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Households: 1 villager
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₈ men's plough ( ¹⁄₄ plough land)
  • Churches: 0.4