Swallow in the Domesday Book

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

Six manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Esbiorn
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Picot of Lascelles (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 1 smallholder; 9 freemen
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (3 plough lands)

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Fulcric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of York
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Verly (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Households: 1 smallholder; 3 freemen
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough (2 plough lands)

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulfkil
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Households: 8 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)

• 4th Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Stenkil of Riby; Ernwin the priest
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wimund of Tessel (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 3 freemen
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Orm
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Picot of Lascelles (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 1 smallholder

• 6th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Morcar
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alfred of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bernard (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 1 villager
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₈ men's plough ( ³⁄₄ plough land)