Swinstead in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Merleswein the sheriff
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Paynel
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph Paynel
  • Taxable Value: 5 geld
  • Households: 4 villagers; 22 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 6 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 18 acres
  • Woodland: 200 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Barthi of Sleaford
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edward the noble
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bernard (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Households: 8 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 96 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thori son of Roald
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter of Aincourt
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Odo (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 15 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₂ acre
  • Woodland: 15 acres

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Regnvald
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Regnvald
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Regnvald
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough ( ¹⁄₂ plough land)
  • Meadow: 1 ¹⁄₂ acres
  • Woodland: 15 acres