Domesday Book lists Algar as lord in TRE and Ilbert of Lacy as lord in 1086, when tenant-in-chief was Odo of Bayeux. Waithe was taxable at 2.7 geld units. No church is mentioned. In 1203 the advowson of the church was confirmed as belonging to the nearby abbey of Humberston, a house of Benedictine monks of the order of Tiron.