Eskil, Pre-Conquest lord of a Domesday holding at Alkborough
Dates: Recorded in 1066
Biography
Eskil is named in the Alkborough Domesday entry as the lord in 1066 of the portion subsequently held by Ivo Taillebois under Peterborough Abbey.
Notes / Sources
The source does not provide a secure identification with a particular Anglo-Saxon nobleman.
Research sources:
- Open Domesday, Alkborough, Phillimore reference Lincolnshire 8,29; Domesday entry lists Eskil as lord in 1066, Ivo Tailleboise as lord in 1086, and Peterborough Abbey as tenant-in-chief. — https://opendomesday.org/place/SE8821/alkborough/
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