Canwick in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Barthi of Sleaford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Walraven father of Aghmund
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 ¹⁄₈ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 55 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Skuli
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ilbert of Lacy (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Households: 2 villagers; 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 27 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Walraven father of Aghmund
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Norman the fat
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Norman the fat
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough ( ³⁄₄ plough land)
  • Meadow: 25 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Kolgrim of Grantham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aghmund son of Walraven
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Kolgrim of Grantham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Kolgrim of Grantham
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1066; 15 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 55 acres

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Kolgrim of Grantham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Cwenthryth the nun
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Kolgrim of Grantham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Kolgrim of Grantham
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 8 shillings in 1086