Walcote in the Domesday Book

A village in Guthlaxton hundred, in the county of Leicestershire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godric the sheriff
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Kimcote (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 6 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 1 smallholder; 2 freemen; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 12 acres
  • Mills: 1, value 8/2½

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Oslac White
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Bucy
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Hugh (subinfeudated); Ulf (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/7¼ in 1070; 6 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)