Withcall in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Odhgrim; Eskil
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ilbert of Lacy (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £4 in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 42 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 6 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 56 acres
  • Mills: 0.66, value 2 shillings

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Jaulfr
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Rainer of Brimeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Rainer of Brimeux
  • Taxable Value: 1 ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 12 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 12 acres
  • Churches: 0.33
  • Mills: 1.33, value 4 shillings

• 3rd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Godric; Siward father of Aki
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William Blunt
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William Blunt
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ³⁄₈ men's plough ( ³⁄₄ plough land)
  • Meadow: 8 acres