Wymeswold in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brothers, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Grandmesnil
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Serlo of Wymeswold (subinfeudated); Robert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 9 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1070; £5 in 1086
  • Households: 11 villagers; 4 smallholders; 4 freemen; 1 slave; 9 Frenchmen
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 10 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 15 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Bully
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 6 villagers; 2 Frenchmen
  • Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 30 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Jort
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Jort
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 7 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 5 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Rolf son of Skjaldvor; Edwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Durand Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Durand Malet
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Meadow: 5 acres