Location: Ravensthorpe / Lincolnshire

Factoid List

View Factoid Type Source Ref. Primary Person Short Description
Transaction S68      Wulfhere 1, king of the Mercians and the inland and South Angles, to St Peter's, Medeshamstede; confirmation and grant of many estates
Event Bates216      King William 1, at the request of Abbot Brand 2, confirms the lands which his brother and their relatives (propinqui) held under King Edward. The lands, namely Scotter, Scotton, Manton, Raventhorpe, Messingham, Cleatham, Hibaldstow, Walcot, all in Lincs., and North Mushkam, Notts., and their outliers have been given to the abbey of Peterborough. Version II specifies: 7 carucates less 2 bovates in Walcot, 1 carucate and 1 church in Alkborough, Lincs., half a carucate in Althorp, Lincs., and 1 carucate and 2 bovates in North Mushkam.
Transaction S1059      Brand 5 leased Scotton and Scotter to Asketil 2 for an annual money-payment. In return for a life tenure on Manton, Asketil 2 undertook to bequeath an estate at Thorp (Ravensthorpe) to Brand 5.