Evedon in the Domesday Book

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

Seven manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Barthi of Sleaford
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Osmund Benz (subinfeudated); Bishop of Lincoln
  • Taxable Value: 4 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 13 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 20 acres
  • Woodland: 16 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorfridh
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Durham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Kolsveinn of Lincoln (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₄ men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 20 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Morcar
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Kolsveinn of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Kolsveinn of Lincoln
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Woodland: 8 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Toki son of Auti
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey Alselin
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Ralph nephew of Geoffrey Alselin (subinfeudated); Geoffrey Alselin
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Mills: 1

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Morcar
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Households: 2 villagers; 2 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Mills: 1, value 5/2½

• 6th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Kolgrim of Grantham
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Kolgrim of Grantham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roald father of Thori (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Woodland: 1 acre
  • Churches: 1

• 7th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Morcar
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Durham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Durham
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 1 villager; 2 smallholders
  • Meadow: 2 acres