Halsham in the Domesday Book
A village in Holderness [South Hundred] hundred,
in the county of Yorkshire.
Two manors recorded in Domesday.
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1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop of York St Peter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of York
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: 2 men-at-arms (subinfeudated); Archbishop of York; 2 clerics (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 35 7⁄8 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £30 in 1066; £10 5/- in 1086
- Households: 15 villagers; 86 smallholders; 10 freemen
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 23 1⁄2 men's ploughs (35 plough lands)
- Meadow: 32 acres
2nd Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Thor; Thorkil
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Drogo of la Beuvrière
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gunnar (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3⁄4 geld
- Households: 4 villagers; 1 smallholder
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 4 acres