Walcot in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Eskil
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Peterborough
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ivo Tallboys (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 6 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 7 villagers; 2 smallholders; 10 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (6 ⁵⁄₈ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 380 acres
  • Woodland: 60 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Fulcric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Norman of Arcy
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 16 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (1 ¹⁄₄ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 40 acres
  • Woodland: 10 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Barth father of Gamal; Wege of Womersley
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Erneis of Buron
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: John of Orton (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Households: 1 villager
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₄ men's plough ( ¹⁄₂ plough land)
  • Meadow: 24 acres
  • Woodland: 4 acres

• 4th 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: ³⁄₈ geld