West Keal in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Stori of Bolingbroke
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ivo Tallboys
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ivo Tallboys
  • Taxable Value: 4 geld
  • Households: 8 villagers; 6 smallholders; 35 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 6 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 100 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Siric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ketilbiorn of Nettleton
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ketilbiorn of Nettleton
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 8 villagers
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (1 ³⁄₄ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 56 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo son of Spirewic
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Eudo son of Spirewic
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 24 acres
  • Churches: 1
  • Mills: 1, value 3 shillings