Osgodby in the Domesday Book

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

Nine manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Ernwin the priest; Thorfridh; Tosti brother of Erik
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 8 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₄ men's ploughs (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)

• 2nd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Thorfridh; Tosti brother of Erik; Ernwin the priest
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 9 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₄ men's ploughs (1 ¹⁄₄ plough lands)

• 3rd Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ivo Tallboys
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 1 villager; 4 freemen
  • Plough Teams: ³⁄₄ men's plough ( ³⁄₄ plough land)
  • Meadow: 3 acres
  • Mills: 1

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ingimundr
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey the sheriff (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 1 smallholder; 1 freeman
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough ( ⁵⁄₈ plough land)
  • Meadow: 20 acres
  • Mills: 1, value £1 10/-

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abba
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Siward the priest
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Siward the priest
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 3 shillings in 1086
  • Meadow: 6 acres

• 6th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Erik brother of Tosti
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Jocelyn son of Lambert
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godard (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 1 smallholder

• 7th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Erik brother of Tosti
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Jocelyn son of Lambert
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godard (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 1 smallholder

• 8th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Merleswein the sheriff
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Paynel
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph Paynel
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 2 freemen
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough ( ¹⁄₄ plough land)

• 9th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Sumarlithi son of Karli
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Siward the priest
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Siward the priest
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 2 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₈ men's plough ( ¹⁄₄ plough land)