Grasby in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulfkil
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £5 in 1086
  • Households: 6 villagers; 6 smallholders; 11 freemen; 1 priest
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 40 acres
  • Churches: 1
  • Mills: 1, value 3 shillings

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Morcar
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 6/7¼ in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₈ men's plough
  • Churches: 1

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ketilbiorn of Nettleton
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ketilbiorn of Nettleton
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ketilbiorn of Nettleton
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders; 4 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 10 acres