Timberland in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Hemming of Branston
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter of Aincourt
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter of Aincourt
  • Taxable Value: 5 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Households: 3 smallholders; 18 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 7 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (4 plough lands)

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Healfdene
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Heppo the bowman
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Sigmund of Hanthorpe (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder; 11 freemen
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Garthulfr
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Norman of Arcy
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Norman of Arcy
  • Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 2 smallholders; 7 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Hugh
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Earl Hugh
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough ( ¹⁄₂ plough land)
  • Woodland: 50 acres