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Domesday Book (/ ˈ d uː m z d eɪ / DOOMZ-day; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of King William the Conqueror. [1]
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 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 .
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 Cambridge Inquisition – Inquisitio Comitatus Cantabrigiensis or ICC – is one of the most important of the satellite surveys relating to the Domesday Book of 1086.. It not only offers fuller information than the latter, but has also played an important and ongoing role in the debates over the making of the Domesday Book/Survey.
The Domesday Book is completed. Drawn up on the orders of William I; it describes in detail the landholdings and resources in England. The population in England is estimated to be 1.25 million citizens with 10% living in boroughs. [2]
Cheshire Hundreds in the Domesday Book. Tenants-in-chief for Cheshire: King William (c. 1028–1087), held some land in Chester. He was the first Norman King of England (after the Battle of Hastings in 1066 AD) and he was Duke of Normandy from 1035. [5] Bishop of Chester (St John) held land in Chester and 8 villages including Tarvin.
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 ...