Langton in the Domesday Book

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

Three 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: 3 geld
  • Households: 24 villagers; 13 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 4 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 120 acres
  • Woodland: 250 acres
  • Mills: 1, value 9 shillings

• 2nd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Arnketil; Aelfric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Drogo of la Beuvrière
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey of Aalst (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 10 villagers; 5 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 160 acres
  • Woodland: 700 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofsi
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: 1 man (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 26 villagers; 3 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ⁵⁄₈ men's plough (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 60 acres
  • Woodland: 80 acres