Ulceby in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Siward; Grim
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Erneis of Buron
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Erneis of Buron
  • Taxable Value: 4 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £8 in 1086
  • Households: 8 villagers; 10 smallholders; 30 freemen; 1 priest
  • Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 9 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 60 acres
  • Churches: 1
  • Mills: 0.5, value 10 shillings

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Healfdene son of Topi
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ranulf (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (2 plough lands)

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulfkil
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Norman of Arcy
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Odo (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 4 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (2 ¹⁄₄ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 9 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Hugh
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 ³⁄₈ plough lands)