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Domesday Book encompasses two independent works (originally in two physical volumes): "Little Domesday" (covering Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex), and "Great Domesday" (covering much of the remainder of England – except for lands in the north that later became Westmorland, Cumberland, Northumberland, and the County Palatine of Durham – and parts of Wales bordering and included within English ...
Domesday Book was an item of great interest to the antiquarian movement of the 18th century. This was the age of the county history, with many accounts of the English shires being published at this time, and Domesday Book, as a property record of early date that happened to be arranged by county, was a major source for the medieval history of all the counties encompassed by the survey.
The Domesday Book of 1086 lists in the following order the tenants-in-chief in Cornwall of King William the Conqueror: Osbern FitzOsbern (died 1103), Bishop of Exeter; Tavistock Church, Devon; The churches of various saints St Michael's Church; Canons of St Stephen's; St Petroc's Church, Bodmin; Canons of St Achebran's; Canons of Probus; Canons ...
The Domesday Book of 1086 AD lists (in the following order) King William the Conqueror's tenants-in-chief in Snotinghscire (Nottinghamshire), following the Norman Conquest of England: [1] [2] King William (c. 1028 - 1087), the first Norman King of England (after the Battle of Hastings in 1066 AD) and he was Duke of Normandy from 1035.
The Domesday Book of 1086 AD lists (in the following order) King William the Conqueror's tenants-in-chief in Derbyscire , following the Norman Conquest of England: [1] [2] King William (c. 1028 - 1087), the first Norman King of England (after the Battle of Hastings in 1066 AD) and he was Duke of Normandy from 1035.
The Domesday Book of 1086 lists in the following order the tenants-in-chief in Devonshire of King William the Conqueror: Osbern FitzOsbern (died 1103), Bishop of Exeter; Geoffrey de Montbray (died 1093), Bishop of Coutances; Glastonbury Church, Somerset; Tavistock Church, Devon; Buckfast Church, Devon; Horton Church, Dorset; Cranborne Church ...
The Liber Exoniensis or Exon Domesday is the oldest of the three manuscripts originating with the Domesday Survey of 1086, covering south-west England. It contains a variety of administrative materials concerning the counties of Cornwall , Devon , Dorset , Somerset and Wiltshire .
Domesday Book, Chapter 29, listing of "land of Robert Bastard" (Terra Roberti Bastardi) in Devonshire Arms of Bastard, adopted at the start of the age of heraldry (c.1200-1215): Or, a chevron azure Robert Bastard (fl.1086) (also known as Robert le Bastard , Latinised as Rotbertus / Robertus Bastardus [ 1 ] ) was a Norman warrior who assisted in ...