Coningsby in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Queen Edith
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Households: 8 villagers; 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 12 acres
  • Woodland: 60 acres
  • Other resources: 5 fisheries

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Siward father of Aki
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert the bursar
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert the bursar
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 15 villagers; 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (1 ¹⁄₈ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 60 acres
  • Woodland: 60 acres
  • Other resources: 10 fisheries

• 3rd Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Hugh
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Earl Hugh
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 1 villager
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₄ men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Woodland: 20 acres
  • Other resources: 1 fishery

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aethelstan
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Drogo of la Beuvrière
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 1 villager; 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₈ men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Woodland: 20 acres

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Siric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ketilbiorn of Nettleton
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ketilbiorn of Nettleton
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 1 villager
  • Woodland: 20 acres
  • Other resources: 1 fishery