Walcote in the Domesday Book
A village in Guthlaxton hundred,
in the county of Leicestershire.
Two manors recorded in Domesday.
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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)