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''[[England|England]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[England_Land_and_Property|Land and Property]]''[[Image:Highfield Farm, Old Bolingbroke - geograph.org.uk - 869761.jpg|thumb|right|350x250px]] | ''[[England|England]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[England_Land_and_Property|Land and Property]]''[[Image:Highfield Farm, Old Bolingbroke - geograph.org.uk - 869761.jpg|thumb|right|350x250px|Highfield Farm, Old Bolingbroke - geograph.org.uk - 869761.jpg]] | ||
=== Introduction === | === Introduction === | ||
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== [[Domesday Book]] == | == [[Domesday Book]] == | ||
See also: [[Domesday Book]] | |||
The first general survey of the land of England, known as Domesday Book, was compiled by order of William the Conqueror in 1086. The entries were arranged by county in two books under the name of the manor, and show the names of the tenants-in chief and their sub-tenants (the names of the tenants before the Conquest also being noted). They record the number of hides of land in the manor (a hide was about 120 acres); the number of ploughs on the demesne (that part of the manor reserved for the lord’s use) and the number of ploughs available to the tenants; the number, but not names, of homagers (jurors on the manor court), villeins (unfree men who held their land by agricultural service to the lord), cottars (cottagers), serving men or slaves, free tenants, and tenants in soccage (renters); the extent of the woodland, meadows, and pasture; the number of mills and fish ponds; how much land had been added or taken away; and the gross value of the manor in 1086 and in the time of Edward the Confessor. | The first general survey of the land of England, known as Domesday Book, was compiled by order of William the Conqueror in 1086. The entries were arranged by county in two books under the name of the manor, and show the names of the tenants-in chief and their sub-tenants (the names of the tenants before the Conquest also being noted). They record the number of hides of land in the manor (a hide was about 120 acres); the number of ploughs on the demesne (that part of the manor reserved for the lord’s use) and the number of ploughs available to the tenants; the number, but not names, of homagers (jurors on the manor court), villeins (unfree men who held their land by agricultural service to the lord), cottars (cottagers), serving men or slaves, free tenants, and tenants in soccage (renters); the extent of the woodland, meadows, and pasture; the number of mills and fish ponds; how much land had been added or taken away; and the gross value of the manor in 1086 and in the time of Edward the Confessor. | ||