Analysis Domesday Book: Of the Country of Norfolk (Classic Reprint)

This invaluable work is said to have been undertaken by King William after he had, for the most part, dispossessed the ancient proprietors of the land, in order to satisfy the rapacity of his followers, and to prevent opposition from those whom he had deprived of their possessions. Having at length found leisure to arrange, distribute, and organize the sweep ing exactions he had made; and, in order that he might obtain a more complete knowledge of their detail, in 1080.

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