Thurlby in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Peterborough St Peter
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Peterborough
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: 2 men (subinfeudated); Abbey of Peterborough
  • Taxable Value: 3 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 17 villagers; 4 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 2 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (3 ⁵⁄₈ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 20 acres
  • Woodland: 80 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Aslak brother of Aghmund
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alnoth
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Peterborough
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Woodland: 30 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorkil the Dane
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alfred of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Dodin of Rippingale (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Households: 4 villagers
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough ( ¹⁄₂ plough land)

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Healfdene
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Stafford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey of Colton (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Households: 2 villagers; 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough ( ¹⁄₂ plough land)
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 30 acres