Domesday book - Revision history

Simoncursitor at 06:58, 17 October 2006

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	[[Category:Books]]		[[Category:Books]]
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Conrad Leviston: Category:Books

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Category:Books

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	===External Links===		===External Links===
	* [http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/ Domesday Book Online]		* [http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/ Domesday Book Online]

			[[Category:Books]]

Cian: formatting,links,spelling

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formatting,links,spelling

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	The '''Domesday Book''' was completed in 1086 for [[William the Conqueror]]. It was a census like document compiled to make administration of [[England]] easier and to allow a factual basis for [[tax ~~collectors~~]] to work on.		The '''Domesday Book''' was completed in 1086 for [[William the Conqueror]]. It was a census-like document compiled to make administration of [[England]] easier and to allow a factual basis for [[tax collector]]s to work on. The tradition is that the survey was ordered at William's [[midwinter]] [[court]] in 1085.

		⚫	[[William the Conqueror\|William]] instructed that his commissioners seek and record, for each [[manor]], its name; who had held it in [[Edward the Confessor\|Edward]]'s time, and who held it now; and then a threefold survey of the amount of arable land, measured in "[[plough]]s", of the number of villagers, by status, of the amounts of wood, meadow, and pasture, of the numbers of mills and of fish-ponds, of the value of the whole, and of any part held by other [[freemen]], all of this at the time of [[Edward the Confessor\|King Edward]], at the time of the [[Norman Conquest\|Conquest]], and at the current time (1086).
	The tradition is that the survey was ordered at William's midwinter court in 1085.

		⚫	The outcome was two [[manuscript]] volumes, which together became known as Domesday -- one covering Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk, the other the remainder of England as it then was (no [[Wales]], and hardly anything north of [[York]] and Lancaster).

		⚫	In addition other documents exist, closely connected with the survey. For Cambridgeshire there exists an imperfect copy of the local verdicts, together with an account of the estates of the [[Abbey]] of Ely both in Cambridgeshire and elsewhere. For the west of England there is an accounting of [[Cornwall]], Devon, and parts of adjoining [[county\|counties]], which appears to include some items omitted from the central record.

			==New terms in the Domesday book==
⚫	[[William the Conqueror\|William]] instructed that his commissioners seek and record, for each manor, its name; who had held it in Edward's time, and who held it now; and then a threefold survey of the amount of arable land, measured in "~~ploughs~~", of the number of villagers, by status, of the amounts of wood, meadow, and pasture, of the numbers of mills and of fish-ponds, of the value of the whole, and of any part held by other freemen, all of this at the time of [[Edward the Confessor\|King Edward]], at the time of the Conquest, and at the current time (1086).
		⚫	* [[forest]]



⚫	The outcome was two manuscript volumes, which together became known as Domesday -- one covering Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk, the ~~othe~~ the remainder of England as it then was (no Wales, and hardly anything north of York and Lancaster).

⚫	In addition other documents exist, closely connected with the survey. For Cambridgeshire there exists an imperfect copy of the local verdicts, together with an account of the estates of the Abbey of Ely both in Cambridgeshire and elsewhere. For the ~~West~~ of England there is an accounting of Cornwall, Devon, and parts of adjoining counties, which appears to include some items omitted from the central record.


	==See Also==
⚫	* [[forest]]
	* [[waste]]		* [[waste]]

Simoncursitor at 10:42, 12 October 2004

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	[[William]] instructed that his commissioners seek and record, for each manor, its name; who had held it in Edward's time, and who held it now; and then a threefold survey of the amount of arable land, measured in "ploughs", of the number of villagers, by status, of the amounts of wood, meadow, and pasture, of the numbers of mills and of fish-ponds, of the value of the whole, and of any part held by other freemen, all of this at the time of [[King Edward]], at the time of the Conquest, and at the current time (1086).		[[William the Conqueror\|William]] instructed that his commissioners seek and record, for each manor, its name; who had held it in Edward's time, and who held it now; and then a threefold survey of the amount of arable land, measured in "ploughs", of the number of villagers, by status, of the amounts of wood, meadow, and pasture, of the numbers of mills and of fish-ponds, of the value of the whole, and of any part held by other freemen, all of this at the time of [[Edward the Confessor\|King Edward]], at the time of the Conquest, and at the current time (1086).

Simoncursitor: Some more text

2004-10-12T10:38:34Z

Some more text

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	The '''Domesday Book''' was completed in 1086 for [[William the Conqueror]]. It was a census like document compiled to make administration of [[England]] easier and to allow a factual basis for [[tax collectors]] to work on.		The '''Domesday Book''' was completed in 1086 for [[William the Conqueror]]. It was a census like document compiled to make administration of [[England]] easier and to allow a factual basis for [[tax collectors]] to work on.

			The tradition is that the survey was ordered at William's midwinter court in 1085.



			[[William]] instructed that his commissioners seek and record, for each manor, its name; who had held it in Edward's time, and who held it now; and then a threefold survey of the amount of arable land, measured in "ploughs", of the number of villagers, by status, of the amounts of wood, meadow, and pasture, of the numbers of mills and of fish-ponds, of the value of the whole, and of any part held by other freemen, all of this at the time of [[King Edward]], at the time of the Conquest, and at the current time (1086).



			The outcome was two manuscript volumes, which together became known as Domesday -- one covering Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk, the othe the remainder of England as it then was (no Wales, and hardly anything north of York and Lancaster).

			In addition other documents exist, closely connected with the survey. For Cambridgeshire there exists an imperfect copy of the local verdicts, together with an account of the estates of the Abbey of Ely both in Cambridgeshire and elsewhere. For the West of England there is an accounting of Cornwall, Devon, and parts of adjoining counties, which appears to include some items omitted from the central record.


	==See Also==		==See Also==

Conrad Leviston: some detail and external link

2004-10-12T08:23:29Z

some detail and external link

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			The '''Domesday Book''' was completed in 1086 for [[William the Conqueror]]. It was a census like document compiled to make administration of [[England]] easier and to allow a factual basis for [[tax collectors]] to work on.
	Place holder test.

			==See Also==
	Inserted to allow for onward links to
	* [[forest]]		* [[forest]]
	and
	* [[waste]]		* [[waste]]

			===External Links===
			* [http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/ Domesday Book Online]

Simoncursitor at 06:57, 12 October 2004

2004-10-12T06:57:06Z

New page

Place holder test.

Inserted to allow for onward links to
* [[forest]]
and
* [[waste]]