It would seem to have
been formerly, like West Ashby, an appendage to the Manor of Horncastle.
The old record {180b} says (as already quoted under West Ashby) "The
church of Horncastre, and of Askeby, and of Upper Thinton, and of
Maringes (Mareham), and of Hinderby, are of the gift of the lord," _i.e._
the Lord of the Manor. As thus not being a separate manor, it is barely
more than mentioned in _Domesday Book_, where it is called Todintune, and
Tedingtone. Queen Editha, wife of Edward the Confessor, would be Lady of
the Manor; but William the Conqueror took possession and held lands here,
in demesne, with tenants and dependants.

That the manor afterwards, along with that of Horncastle, became the
property of Gerard de Rhodes, is shewn by the following peculiar
circumstances. In a Feet of Fines, at Lincoln, 9 Henry III., No. 52, it
is recorded that an agreement was arranged in the King's Court at
Westminster, (3 Feb., A.D. 1224-5), between Henry del Ortiay and Sabina
his wife, plaintiffs, and Ralph de Rhodes, a descendant of Gerard,
defendant, whereby certain lands in Upper Tynton, Mareham, and other
places, were recognized by the plaintiffs as the property of Ralph de
Rhodes; they receiving, in lieu thereof, 100.5 acres of land, and 11
acres of meadow, with appurtenances, all in Upper Tynton. These lands
are further specified by name, as 24 acres next Graham (_i.e._ Greetham),
12 acres in culture called "Hethoten acre" (_i.e._ Heath of ten acres), 9
acres of land in "Pesewang" (_i.e._ Peas-field), 5.5 acres in "Sex acre,"
7 acres in Leir-mewang (or low mead-field), 4 acres in culture of Lange
landes, 6 acres in Whetewang (_i.e._ wheat-field), and 10 acres in
Kruncewang (_qy._ crown's-field?); and further plots not specially named.
The peculiar feature however of their tenure was, that they and their
heirs were "to have and to hold the said lands for ever . . . rendering
therefor by the year one pair of gilt spurs, or 6d., at Easter, for all
service and exaction."

[Picture: St. John the Baptist's Church, High Toynton]

A Pipe Roll (14 Henry III., Lincoln) states that "Walter, Bishop of
Carlisle, holds certain lands hereditarily of the aforesaid Ralph de
Rhodes;" and in a Chancery Inquisition post mortem, 34 Edward III., 2nd
Nrs., No. 29 (1360), mention is made of "Thomas, son of Nicholas de
Thymelby, and John his younger brother, and their heirs," as tenants of
the Manor of Horncastle, "and of lands i