Bucknall in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Gamal
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Crowland
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Crowland
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 2 smallholders; 8 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 120 acres
  • Woodland: 120 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Lambakarl
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Hugh
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Baldric of Lindsey (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 3 smallholders; 10 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs (1 ¹⁄₄ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 62 acres
  • Woodland: 20 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh son of Baldric
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh son of Baldric
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Households: 2 villagers; 5 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough ( ³⁄₄ plough land)
  • Meadow: 65 acres
  • Woodland: 14 acres