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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.
Peter de Valognes was the founder of Binham Priory in North Norfolk in 1091, [2] [3] which was built on land given to him by William the Conqueror. The land on which the priory stands was, according to the Domesday Book, originally the property of a freeman named Esket.
The name "Domesday Book" came into use in the 12th century. [4] Richard FitzNeal wrote in the Dialogus de Scaccario (c. 1179) that the book was so called because its decisions were unalterable, like those of the Last Judgment, and its sentence could not be quashed. [5] The manuscript is held at
Ugthorpe was an ancient demesne of the Crown, and is styled in the Domesday book as Ughetorp.The Mauleys became lords here at an early period, and from them the manor and estate descended by marriage to the Bigods, and afterwards to the Ratcliffes, by whom the whole estate was sold in parcels.
Whether you know your Scriptures chapter and verse or you rarely take a peek at the Good Book, these Bible facts will surprise you. The post 24 Surprising Facts You Never Knew About the Bible ...
Add details of Domesday Book entries to English/Welsh places mentioned in Domesday, thus improving the historic information available for around 18,000 English places. See Weston-on-Trent#History for an example of how this might look, in a nice infobox. Add the folios of Domesday Book to Wikisource (currently on the Internet Archive).
Abraham Farley (c.1712–1791) was an English government official who was the custodian of Domesday Book.. Farley was appointed Deputy Chamberlain of the Exchequer in 1736 and became responsible for the public records held in the Chapter House of Westminster Abbey. [1]