Domesday Book: A Complete TranslationDomesday Book, compiled in 1086 at the behest of William the Conqueror, has been described as "the most valuable piece of antiquity possessed by any nation" (David Hume) and viewed by historians as the final act of the Norman conquest. Produced under the supervision of the most renowned Domesday scholars, this authoritative translation of the complete Domesdayoffers a remarkable portrait of England in the late eleventh century. |
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12 acres 12 bordars 12 villans 14 ploughs 20 acres 20 pigs 20 ploughs 24 hides 9 bordars 9 ploughs abbot acres of meadow acres of pasture acres of scrubland acres of woodland Ælfric afterwards alod Alwine held Beorhtric Bishop of Bayeux bordars church itself holds cotsets cottars Count of Mortain demesne Edward in alod ferding Folio Formerly 20s furlongs broad furlongs long furlongs wide geld for half Godwine held half a hide half a league half a plough half a virgate held it TRE held this land holds 1 hide holds half KING holds land for 12 land for half league broad league long mill rendering mill rendering 20s never paid geld paid geld pasture 1 league pasture 2 furlongs Ralph holds rendering 30d Robert holds sell slaves sulung thegns held villans and 9 virgate of land William holds woodland 1 league woodland for 100 worth 12 worth 20s