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Entry   Domesday Book Description   Domesday (Doomsday) book. Written record of a statistical survey of England ordered by William the Conqueror, and the most important single record in the history of early medieval Britain. The survey, made in 1086, was designed to register the landed wealth of the country in a systematic fashion, and determine the revenues due to the king. © 1993-2003 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved Links   Reference -The image right is copyright Hartshorne Village website. Reference - Learning Curve   National Archives: Introduction Official Translation of Mobberley Page (pdf) Explanation of the unusual words.   Mobberley Time Line     Reference: WI’s “A History of Mobberley” in which they quote a translation by Ormerod.    “This same Bigot is tenant of Motburlege. Dot held it and was a free man There are 1.1/2 hides assessable for land taxes and four plough lands of arable land There is also a teinus (thane) who has half a plough land (or plough team) and 1 slave, 1 villein and two sodarii. The meadowland is one acre and the woodland is two square miles in extent. There are two mansion houses. The value at the time of Edward The Confessor was 12s, now only 5s. The land was found to be uncultivated.” Some of the words are explained in the National Archives page.   Domesday Book

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Record Revision   06/09/06