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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 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.
First page for Cheshire in the Domesday Book. The Domesday Book of 1086 AD identifies King William the Conqueror's tenants-in-chief in Cestrescire , following the Norman Conquest of England. [1] [2] At the time, the County of Cheshire included South Lancashire and most of modern Flintshire and Wrexham counties in north Wales. [3]
South Lancashire (Inter Ripam et Mersam) in the Domesday Book. The Domesday Book of 1086 AD identifies King William the Conqueror's tenants-in-chief for historic Lancashire within Cestrescire and Eurvicscire . [1]
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.
First folio of listing of Devonshire manors held by Baldwin the Sheriff, forming the feudal barony of Okehampton, Domesday Book, 1086. The first holder of the feudal barony of Okehampton was Baldwin FitzGilbert (dead by Jan 1091) called in the Latin Domesday Book of 1086 Baldvinus Vicecomes, "Baldwin the Viscount" (of Devon), an office which equated to the earlier Saxon office of Sheriff of Devon.
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 ...