Stowe in the Domesday Book

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

Five 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: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Households: 5 freemen
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Peterborough St Peter
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Hereward 'the Wake'
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Peterborough
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Asfrith (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Households: 1 villager; 2 freemen
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough ( ¹⁄₂ plough land)

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Peterborough St Peter
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Hereward 'the Wake'
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Peterborough
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godfrey (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1066; 3 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 2 freemen
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough ( ¹⁄₄ plough land)

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leodwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alfred of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alfred of Lincoln
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Churches: 1

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Eskil
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Godfrey of Cambrai
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: 2 men (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 5 freemen
  • Plough Teams: ⁵⁄₈ men's plough ( ¹⁄₈ plough land)