The Domesday Book, compiled in 1086, records the landholdings of the new Norman aristocracy in detail.

Many knights who had held modest positions in Normandy became major landholders in England, owning multiple manors across different counties.

The specific knight who owned the church at Barton-upon-Humber is not identified in the sources summarized for the 2026 announcement.

What is established is that by the time of Conquest Man’s burial, the church was under Norman control.

This is consistent with the broader pattern: by 1079, virtually all significant churches in England that had previously been held by Anglo-Saxon lords had passed into Norman hands or were in the process of doing so.

The Norman lord of this church would have had a role in approving or at least not opposing Conquest Man’s burial here.