Goxhill in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Morcar
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Drogo of la Beuvrière
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Drogo of la Beuvrière
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Households: 20 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 300 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Siward of Thistleton
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alfred of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 6 villagers; 16 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (2 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 60 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Grim
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Erneis of Buron
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wulfric (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 25 freemen
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (2 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 60 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Auti
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 12/- in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 8 villagers; 8 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 80 acres

• 5th 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: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 60 acres