Thimbleby in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Queen Edith
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 4 geld
  • Households: 18 villagers; 22 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 4 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 240 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Osmund Benz
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Drogo of la Beuvrière
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey of Aalst (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 15 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 ¹⁄₄ men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 240 acres
  • Woodland: 240 acres
  • Mills: 1, value 9/2½

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfnoth
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Households: 5 villagers; 3 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs (1 ³⁄₄ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 12 acres
  • Woodland: 30 acres