Laughton in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf Fenman
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
  • Taxable Value: 4 geld
  • Households: 4 smallholders; 14 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 3 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 9 acres
  • Woodland: 13 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Oger the Breton
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Oger the Breton
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Arnbiorn of 'Avethorpe'
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Tosny
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gunfrid of Chocques (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 11 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough ( ⁵⁄₈ plough land)
  • Woodland: 8 acres
  • Churches: 0.5

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aethelstan son of Godram
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Guy of Craon
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Warner of Pointon (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Woodland: 10 acres

• 5th Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Hereward 'the Wake'; Toli
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Oger the Breton
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Oger the Breton
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; ¹⁄₂ men's plough ( ¹⁄₂ plough land)
  • Meadow: 10 acres
  • Woodland: 6 acres
  • Churches: 0.5