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	Domesday Book - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		When the book took the name "Domesday" (Middle English spelling of "Doomsday") in the 12th century, it was to emphasize its definitiveness and authority (the analogy refers to the Christian notion of a Last Judgement).
		The Domesday Book was eventually placed in the Public Record Office, London; it can be now seen in a glass case in the museum at The National Archives, Kew.
		See BBC Domesday Project for the multimedia project and Doomsday Book (novel) for the Connie Willis novel.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Domesday_Book (1707 words)

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		Domesday Book has well been called a rate book, and the task of spelling out a land law from the particulars that it states is not unlike the task that would lie before any one who endeavoured to construct our modern law of real property out of rate books, income tax returns and similar materials.
		Throughout Domesday Book a distinction is sedulously maintained between the land of the villeins (terra villanorum) and the land that the lord has in dominio.
		Domesday Book and Beyond: Three Essays in the Early History of England by F.W. Maitland Essay One Domesday Book At midwinter in the year 1085 William the Conqueror wore his crown at Gloucester and there he had deep speech with his wise men.
	socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca /~econ/ugcm/3ll3/maitland/domesday (15196 words)

	Domesday Witham - Introduction and Method
		The Domesday Book was a record of the survey of England carried out in 1086 by William the Conqueror in order to assess taxes and find out other details of the country he conquered 20 years earlier.
		The book is preserved in two volumes at the Public Record Office, London, and its name comes from the belief that its judgement was as final as that of Domesday.
		It details the entries in the Domesday Book relating to the town of Witham, in the county of Essex, in the UK.
	www.gyford.com /domesday (2077 words)

	Domesday Book
		Although some written estate records were used, Domesday Book was largely compiled by using statements from local people sworn under oath in the courts of the shires and lesser local government units, the hundreds and wapentakes.
		Domesday Book lists the holder and value of each manor in King Edward the Confessor’s day and at the time of the survey as well as its tax liability, resources such as ploughs and woodland, and, sometimes, livestock.
		The basic unit of landholding referred to in the Domesday Book is the manor.
	www.mondes-normands.caen.fr /angleterre/histoires/5/histoireNorm5_2.htm (245 words)

	BBC - History - Domesday Book
		Domesday Book is one of the few historical records whose name is familiar to most people in this country.
		Nicknamed 'Domesday' Book by the native English, after God's final Day of Judgement when every soul would be assessed and against which there could be no appeal, this title was adopted by its official custodians, now the Public Record Office.
		Based on the Domesday survey of 1085-86, which was drawn up on the orders of King William I, it describes, in remarkable detail, the landholdings and resources of late 11th century England, demonstrating the power of the government machine in the first century of the new Millennium and its deep thirst for information.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/war/normans/domesday_01.shtml (319 words)

	Domesday Book
		Tring and the Domesday Book - historical note
		Domesday records which manors rightfully belonged to which estates and identifies the tenants-in-chief (landholders) who held their land directly from the Crown, their tenants and under tenants.
		Great Domesday comprises summarised data for much of the rest of England as it existed in 1086, including a small part of what is now Wales.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /tadra.secretary/website/domesday_book.htm (902 words)

	Domesday Book
		Domesday Book reflects the great changes which the Norman Conquest brought about in England, particularly feudal land tenure following the introduction of the feudal system.
		Part of the Domesday Book, the compilation of which was ordered by William the Conqueror in 1086.
		The Domesday Book is preserved in two volumes at the Public Record Office, London.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0000982.html (271 words)

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		The Domesday Book is one of Medieval England's greatest treasures.
		The Domesday Book is closely linked with William the Conqueror's attempt to dominate Medieval England.
		Along with a string of castles throughout England, the Domesday Book was to give William huge authority in England.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /domesday.htm (631 words)

	Domesday Book
		Another example of an attempt to update the Domesday data is represented by a manuscript volume of c.1160-70, known as Balliol MS 350, which is a faithful transcript of the Domesday Book entry for Herefordshire.
		Whatever its original precise function was intended to be, Domesday Book became an authoritative reference for various matters relating to land, tenure and obligation.
		Extracts from Domesday were copied into the cartularies of monastic houses to validate their claims to land and privileges.
	medievalwriting.50megs.com /word/domesday2.htm (860 words)

	Domesday Book on Encyclopedia.com
		DOMESDAY BOOK [Domesday Book], record of a general census of England made (1085-86) by order of William I (William the Conqueror).
		Written from the data thus gathered, the Domesday Book is an invaluable historical source.
		Domesday Book and the Law: Society and Legal Custom in Early Medieval England.(Review)
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/D/Domesday.asp (446 words)

	BBC NEWS Technology Digital Domesday book unlocked
		By contrast, the original Domesday Book, an inventory of England compiled in 1086 by Norman monks, is in fine condition in the Public Record Office in Kew, London.
		The project was developed by the BBC to create a computer-based, multimedia version of the Domesday Book, marking the 900th anniversary of the 1086 archive.
		The software and hardware needed to access the Domesday discs is to be deposited at the Public Record Office once the project is completed.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/technology/2534391.stm (443 words)

	Domesday Book
		A discussion of Domesday book and its function can be found in Galbraith (1949), and there is some material in Bagley (1972) and in Clanchy (1993).
		The National Archives, formerly the Public Record Office, home of the document, has a Domesday Book exhibition.
		The precise function of the massive survey of the greater part of England, known as Domesday Book, has been the subject of some debate.
	medievalwriting.50megs.com /word/domesday.htm (726 words)

	The Domesday Project
		The BBC Domesday Project was a pair of interactive videodiscs made by the BBC in London to celebrate the 900th anniversary of the original Domesday Book.
		The size of the Domesday database made it essential that every item was keyworded and had a place in the thesaurus; after all, the best database in the world is useless unless the items can be easily retrieved.
		The first visible manifestation of a reappearance of the BBC Domesday Project was achieved in a project called CAMILEON, which was a research project that investigated emulation as a digital preservation strategy and was based at the Universities of Michigan and Leeds.
	www.atsf.co.uk /dottext/domesday.html (7879 words)

	Domesday Book
		An early official record of Barton is an entry in the Domesday book, a record of the survey of England in 1086 for William the Conqueror, which records that the King held Barton’s 360 acres (146 ha) valued at £7.
		A Domesday plaque 1086- 1986, acknowledging that Barton was named in the famous Domesday Book was placed on the Shoulder of Mutton, a late 18
	www.barton-under-needwood.org.uk /domesday.html (96 words)

	The Domesday Book
		The Domesday Book was a survey and valuation of landed property in England, taken in 1086.
		A book similar to the Domesday book was produced for Durham in 1183.
		The information in the Domesday book is listed by County, under each County it is listed by Barons, and under each Baron it is listed by land holders.
	www.orme.org.uk /domesday.html (301 words)

	Domesday Book 1086 - VillageNet History
		The Domesday book was the first major census in the British Isles, and was more comprehensive than current census's, as properties such as farms, mills, bakeries and other industry was recorded, so showing the wealth of the area, not just population.
		The Domesday Book was ordered by William the Conqeror to assess the value of his conquered kingdom 20 years after defeating Harold at the Battle of Hastings.
		Nowadays, a large number of the villages or buildings in this area are marked with a Domesday Plaque, if they were mentioned in the tome.
	www.villagenet.co.uk /history/1086-domesday.html (334 words)

	Domesday Book
		Domesday has been called one of the three most famous books in the world, alongside the Bible and the Koran, and is acknowledged as being one of the most important historical documents of the first millennium.
		This year the Digital Edition of Domesday Book has been released.
		In 1984 the Public Record Office took the historic decision to unbind the original Domesday manuscripts and invited Alecto Historical Editions to undertake the publication of a facsimile.
	www.alectouk.com /domesday_book.htm (247 words)

	Public records: Domesday Book
		The principal sources are Domesday Book itself and the associated documents, the pipe rolls, local surveys and the Cartae Baronum of 1166 (see feudal surveys), and nearly 60 collections of charters.
		Domesday Book is the earliest, and by far the most famous, English public record.
		The Domesday Book (Alan Stanier) [see the Internet Archive's copy of this page, from November 2004]
	www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk /guide/dom.shtml (2309 words)

	The Domesday entries for and the meanings of the Domesday place-names appearing on the Surrey historical map. Maps of England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales.
		BRAMLEY appears in Domesday Book as Brolege or Bronlei.
		BURGH (in Banstead) appears in Domesday Book as Berge.
		PACHESHAM (in Leatherhead) appears in Domesday Book as Pachesham.
	www.gwp.enta.net /surrnames.htm (3829 words)

	The National Archives Research, education & online exhibitions Treasures from The National Archives Domesday Book
		This is an entry for Dunwich, Suffolk, in the Domesday Book.
		It was nicknamed 'Domesday' by the native English, after God's final Day of Judgement when every soul would be judged and the verdict written in a book, with no right of appeal.
		Although its exact purpose is unclear, the Domesday Book records people's rights to land and their duties to give tax and military service.
	www.nationalarchives.gov.uk /museum/item.asp?item_id=1 (584 words)

	Great Domesday Book
		Domesday Book Studies, the companion volume, consists of sixteen essays and three appendixes concerning aspects of the Great Domesday and its historical context.
		This page is to advertise a copy of the Great Domesday Book for sale, to anyone to whom I can deliver it - in Southern England or the Midlands - at a price of £4,500 or nearest offer.
		A commercial site offering electronic and paper extracts from the Domesday book if what you are looking for is an entry for one place.
	www.julian-meldrum.net /domesday.htm (648 words)

	Astbury in Domesday Book
		It is likely, then, that the Newbold of Domesday Book embraced Astbury and was named in Domesday Book in preference to it because it was the centre of the whole estate.
		More abstrusely, it might have been omitted precisely because it was especially important: Domesday Book was about land that was assessed to the geld and exempt estates ('inland') therefore did not fall within its remit.
		It was held of the earl of Chester by Gilbert de Venables, called Gilbert the hunter in Domesday Book.
	www.roffe.freeserve.co.uk /astbury.htm (756 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Domesday Book
		It is probable, however, that this did not imply absolute ownership, but only superiority and a right to certain services (Maitland, "Domesday Book and Beyond", pp.
		This must be borne in mind when we see it stated, and so far correctly, on the authority of Domesday, that the possessions of the Church represented twenty-five per cent of the assessment of the country in 1066 and twenty-six and one-half per cent of its cultivated area in 1086.
		As Professor Maitland has pointed out, a comparison of Domesday with our earliest charters shows not only that the Church held lands of considerable, sometimes of vast, extent, but that she had obtained these lands by free grant from kings or underkings during the Saxon period.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/05103a.htm (519 words)

	Kempsey in the Domesday Book
		The questions that were asked in order to compile The Domesday Book are recorded in a text known as 'The Ely Inquiry', now in the British Library.
		There is an excellent site on the Domesday Book at http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/.
		You can find out the contents of the Domesday Book for anywhere in England that existed in 1066.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Academy/5386/domesday.htm (750 words)

	Domesday Book
		The Domesday Book was a newsletter published by the Castle and Crusade Society (a subsidiary of the International Federation of Wargaming, or IFW) beginning in 1968.
		In the August 1970 International Wargamer, the current Domesday Book issue is described as 32 pages long, with a subscription rate of $2 for 12 issues.
		From Best of Dragon Volume 1, in an article by Gygax: "The medieval rules, Chainmail (Gygax and Perren) were published in Domesday Book prior to publication by Guidon Games.
	www.acaeum.com /Library/Domesday.html (349 words)

	GenMarket.com: Your Genealogy Supermarket : UK : Domesday Book
		In arguing that the writing of Domesday Book was no part of the Domesday survey, this book proposed a solution to a riddle that will change our perception of the Norman Conquest and Norman kingship.
		By far the greatest achievement of the work is the three indexes which comprise alphabetical lists of the names of all landowners and tenants, instancing the counties wherein they held land, the location of the original citation in Domesday Book, and details of their properties, marriages, and heirs.
		- (Book - Amazon.com) : Domesday 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.
	www.genmarket.com /UK/Domesday_Book (636 words)

	Chester and the Domesday Book
		William FitzNigel's chief domain in the Domesday Book was at Knutsford (said to be King Cnute's ford), and Egbrand, a freeman, held part from him, although it was not inhabited at the time of the Domesday Survey.
		But his brother Richard was much more powerful in Cheshire at the time of the Domesday Book.
		Domesday Wirral holdings of Norman families recorded in coastal Wirral were the villages of Eastham, Wallasey, Meols, Little and Greater Caldy, Thursaston, Ness, Neston, Little Nestone, Heswall, and Gayton.
	www.genealogyweb.com /Cheshire.htm (2458 words)

	BBC - History - The Domesday Book
		The Domesday survey and Domesday Book have generally been seen as the culmination of the Norman Conquest, and show the results of a great investigation, commissioned by William the Conqueror, of the lands over which he now ruled.
		The Domesday Book provides a fascinating insight into the 11th-century Norman takeover of Anglo-Saxon England.
		The final draft, the 'Exchequer' or 'Great Domesday' was achieved by discarding most of the detail and preserving only those facts likely to be useful to the administrators.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/war/normans/conquest_domesday_01.shtml (345 words)

	The Domesday Book Online - Home
		The Domesday Book was commissioned in December 1085 by William the Conqueror, who invaded England in 1066.
		The original Domesday Book has survived over 900 years of English history and is currently housed in a specially made chest at London's Public Record Office in Kew, London.
		If you're after quick information the FAQs page provides answers to some of the most common questions about the Domesday Book.
	www.domesdaybook.co.uk (178 words)

	Medieval English urban history - Glossary
		Briefly, the Domesday Book was the outcome of King William I's attempt to find out just what it was he'd conquered in 1066.
		Although Domesday seems to have used this term fairly consistently to apply to town residents contributory towards the customary payments due the king from boroughs, later in the Middle Ages its varied application does not suggest a precise, universally agreed, technical definition.
		This resulting and nameless description of the country was coming, less than a century later, to be called "Domesday" – the day of judgement; for the survey officially established who owned what (or whom) and who owed what (money or services) to whom.
	www.trytel.com /~tristan/towns/glossary.html (8457 words)

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