THE MANOR OF IREBY AND ITS LORDS—TATHAM
—HORNEBY—REDMAYNE—STOCKDALE
In the great Domesday Survey of England made, in the year 1086, by order of William the Conqueror, this township is stated to have been part of the large holding of Earl Tostig (King Harold’s brother) as of his fee of Whittington and was taxed for geld as of 3 carucates or ploughlands.
The next notice of it occurs in a charter of Rich. 1.(1189-93) when Richard son of Walthef, Lord of Tatham and Ireby, is one of the witnesses; from this deed it first appears that Ireby and Tatham manors were held by the same family which finally adopted Tatham as their surname; a family which has left innumerable descendants, in which respect it has been rivalled and perhaps outdone by the Redmayne family.
In the Inquest of Service made by order of King John in 1212, also known as the Testa de Nevill, Ireby and Tatham, each of 1 carucate, are both held by William son of Richard de Tatham in thanage by a service of 28s.. This service in subsequent notices appears as 18s. Here the assessment of Ireby manor has been reduced from 3 to 1 carucate, probably on account of the devastation made by William the Conqueror when he harried Yorkshire and those made by Scottish inroads during the reign of Henry II.
In 1215 King John gave to Roger de Montbegon (Lord of Hornby in Lancashire) the service of William de Tatham in Tatham and Ireby, to wit: 18s 2d.