 Brattleby became a Barony after the Norman conquest.In 1169 the Barony of Brattleby was inherited by Nicola de la Haye, who became Sheriff of Lincolnshire, and, in 1216 after the death of her husband Gerard de Camville, castellan of Lincoln Castle, where she was involved in the 1217 Battle of Lincoln and the defence against various sieges during the First Barons' War.Brattleby Hall, established about 1780, with 1838-39 alterations by William Nicholson, was owned by the De La Haye family during the reign of Henry I.