Appleby in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Gamal
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Bully
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Bully
  • Taxable Value: 9 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £10 in 1086
  • Households: 31 villagers; 2 smallholders; 31 freemen; 1 priest
  • Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 12 men's ploughs (19 ¹⁄₄ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 20 acres
  • Woodland: ¹⁄₂ mixed measure
  • Churches: 1

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf Fenman
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Marmion (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 10 villagers; 2 smallholders; 1 priest
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 12 acres
  • Churches: 1

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Eskil
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Peterborough
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 16 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough ( ³⁄₄ plough land)
  • Meadow: 12 acres