Dunholme in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Queen Edith
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Odo the bowman (subinfeudated); King William
  • Taxable Value: 8 geld
  • Households: 18 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 6 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 50 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ilbert of Lacy
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: 1 man-at-arms (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 16 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 2 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 17 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Merleswein the sheriff
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Paynel
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: 1 man-at-arms (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 16 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 4 freemen
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 17 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Queen Edith
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Odo the bowman
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Odo the bowman
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld