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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.
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 ...
"The Domesday Book records over 200 manors given to Henry de Ferrers" Henry de Ferrers (died by 1100), magnate and administrator, was a Norman who after the 1066 Norman conquest was awarded extensive lands in England.
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
Add the folios of Domesday Book to Wikisource (currently on the Internet Archive). If possible, use Wikisource to crowdsource a freely available English translation of Domesday Book - this would be an immensely valuable resource, as there is currently no freely available translation, and entries based on statistics alone can be a little ...
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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.
Halnaker is mentioned in the Domesday Book under the Hundred of Boxgrove, Sussex, as having 44 households [2] in the lands belonging to Earl Roger. [3] The book which was written in 1086 said: The same William holds Halnaker of the Earl. Alweard held it TRE [4] and then as now it was assessed at nine hildes. There is land for five ploughs.