The Domesday Survey records that in 1066 'Ribi' was held by Earl Harold and Stenkil of Riby; in 1086 it passed under the lordship of William, son of Nigel; Ascelin; Erneis of Buron; Ralph and Ernwin the Priest; Earl Hugh of Chester and Roger of Poitou were tenants-in-chief. The manor valued £1.5. The first record of the church dates to the first decades of the 12thc, when Geoffrey Trussebut granted it to Grimsby Abbey, and this donation was also confirmed in 1155-8 by King Henry II.