Glentworth in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Edwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 6 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Households: 6 smallholders; 24 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 5 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 212 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Estan of Farningham
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wadard of Cogges (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 15/2½ in 1066; £2 -/7¼ in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 6 freemen
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (10 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 30 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Jocelyn son of Lambert
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Ansketil (subinfeudated); Jocelyn son of Lambert
  • Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10/7¼ in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 4 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 30 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Sotr
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Restold
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Restold
  • Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder; 4 freemen
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; 1 men's plough (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 25 acres

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Gamal
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Martin of Woughton
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Martin of Woughton
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 8 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 4 freemen
  • Plough Teams: ⁵⁄₈ men's plough (1 ¹⁄₄ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 30 acres