Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Maps
- Preface
- List of Abbreviations
- Chapter I THE DOMESDAY INQUEST
- Chapter II RURAL SETTLEMENTS
- Chapter III POPULATION
- Chapter IV ARABLE LAND
- Chapter V GRASSLAND, MARSH AND LIVESTOCK
- Chapter VI WOODLAND AND FOREST
- Chapter VII ANNUAL VALUES
- Chapter VIII DEVASTATED LAND
- Chapter IX INDUSTRY
- Chapter X BOROUGHS AND TOWNS
- Chapter XI THE WELSH MARCH
- Appendix 1 General Statistical Summary by Domesday Counties
- Appendix 2 Summary of Categories of Rural Population
- Appendix 3 Categories of Rural Population by Domesday Counties
- Appendix 4 Churches and Priests by Domesday Counties
- Appendix 5 The Shropshire Ploughland Formulae
- Appendix 6 The Leicestershire Ploughland Formulae
- Appendix 7 The Yorkshire Ploughland Formulae
- Appendix 8 References to Marsh
- Appendix 9 References to Forests
- Appendix 10 References to Hawks and Renders of Hawks
- Appendix 11 References to firma unius noctis/diei
- Appendix 12 Annual Values for Rural Holdings in 1086 by Domesday Counties
- Appendix 13 References to Iron and Renders of Iron
- Appendix 14 Statistical Summary of Mills by Domesday Counties
- Appendix 15 References to Vineyards
- Appendix 16 Statistical Summary of Boroughs
- Appendix 17 References to Markets
- Appendix 18 References to Mints
- Appendix 19 Extension and Translation of examples of Domesday entries
- Appendix 20 The Domesday Geography of England: Editors and Contributors
- Appendix 21 On the Writing of Domesday Geography
- Index
Chapter VIII - DEVASTATED LAND
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Maps
- Preface
- List of Abbreviations
- Chapter I THE DOMESDAY INQUEST
- Chapter II RURAL SETTLEMENTS
- Chapter III POPULATION
- Chapter IV ARABLE LAND
- Chapter V GRASSLAND, MARSH AND LIVESTOCK
- Chapter VI WOODLAND AND FOREST
- Chapter VII ANNUAL VALUES
- Chapter VIII DEVASTATED LAND
- Chapter IX INDUSTRY
- Chapter X BOROUGHS AND TOWNS
- Chapter XI THE WELSH MARCH
- Appendix 1 General Statistical Summary by Domesday Counties
- Appendix 2 Summary of Categories of Rural Population
- Appendix 3 Categories of Rural Population by Domesday Counties
- Appendix 4 Churches and Priests by Domesday Counties
- Appendix 5 The Shropshire Ploughland Formulae
- Appendix 6 The Leicestershire Ploughland Formulae
- Appendix 7 The Yorkshire Ploughland Formulae
- Appendix 8 References to Marsh
- Appendix 9 References to Forests
- Appendix 10 References to Hawks and Renders of Hawks
- Appendix 11 References to firma unius noctis/diei
- Appendix 12 Annual Values for Rural Holdings in 1086 by Domesday Counties
- Appendix 13 References to Iron and Renders of Iron
- Appendix 14 Statistical Summary of Mills by Domesday Counties
- Appendix 15 References to Vineyards
- Appendix 16 Statistical Summary of Boroughs
- Appendix 17 References to Markets
- Appendix 18 References to Mints
- Appendix 19 Extension and Translation of examples of Domesday entries
- Appendix 20 The Domesday Geography of England: Editors and Contributors
- Appendix 21 On the Writing of Domesday Geography
- Index
Summary
As we have seen, the annual values given in Domesday entry after entry raise many problems (see pp. 208–31). However enigmatic they may be, the fact that they are normally recorded for more than one date presents the possibility of comparing the earlier with the later, and so of obtaining an idea of changes between 1066 and 1086. We may thus see the effects of the Norman Conquest upon the fortunes not only of individual places but of whole districts.
But it is a possibility that is fraught with difficulties. One of these is uncertainty about the arithmetical accuracy of some entries; thus when we read that the combined values of Bramshill and Swallowfield (Hants., 48) at three dates were 40s, 20s 5d, 25d, can we be sure that 25d was not a mistake for 25s, especially as the mill itself rendered 25d? What is more important is uncertainty about the implications of many entries. When we see such figures as £9, £8, £24 for Newbury (Ulvritone, 62b) in Berkshire, can we be sure that the greatly increased value for 1086 was not the result of an alteration in the composition of the manor? Such alterations may well account for the changes, or apparent changes, in the valuations of many manors. Furthermore, as we shall see, the formulae themselves contain many ambiguities.
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- Domesday England , pp. 232 - 259Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1977