Thealby in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Hugh
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William son of Nigel (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 10 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Households: 15 smallholders; 16 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 4 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (9 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 50 acres
  • Woodland: 70 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brothers, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Drogo of la Beuvrière
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Jocelyn son of Lambert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Households: 3 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 8 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Fulcric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Norman of Arcy
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Norman of Arcy
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Households: 3 villagers
  • Plough Teams: ³⁄₈ men's plough ( ¹⁄₂ plough land)
  • Meadow: 7 acres