 In the 1086 "Domesday" account Brattleby is mentioned three times as "Brotulbi", in the Hundred of Lawress in the West Riding of Lindsey.The manor held 19.5 households, 2 smallholders 5 freemen, 3 ploughlands and a meadow of .In 1066 Ulf Fenman was Lord of the Manor, this transferred in 1086 to Gilbert of Ghent, who also became Tenant-in-chief.