Thorganby in the Domesday Book

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

Six manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alstan
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Odo the bowman
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Herbert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Households: 12 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 30 acres
  • Mills: 1, value 3 shillings

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Taxable Value: 1 ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (3 ³⁄₄ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 8 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Grimkel
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Norman of Arcy
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gamal (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 8 villagers; 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (3 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 13 acres
  • Mills: 1.5, value 8 shillings

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Elaf
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Waldin the artificer
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder; 2 freemen
  • Meadow: 9 acres
  • Mills: 0.8, value 2 shillings

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Grimbald
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ivo Tallboys
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Odo (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough ( ⁵⁄₈ plough land)
  • Meadow: 9 acres
  • Mills: 0.75, value 5 shillings

• 6th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorgot Lag
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William Blunt
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William Blunt
  • Mills: 1, value 3 shillings