There are some surnames listed in the domesday book such as robertus willelmi. Domesday extracts online service offering high quality prints and pdfs of domesday book for your chosen settlement. The domesday book was commissioned by william the conqueror and completed in 1086. Domesday book was a comprehensive survey and record of all the landowners, property, tenants and serfs of medieval norman england which was compiled in 10867 ce under the orders of william the conqueror r. Rare bowling y dna by roberta estes thomas speake, the immigrant that founded the maryland line of the speakes family in america, was born about 1634, had immigrated by 1660 and was married to elizabeth bowling by 1663 or 1664. Rolf without a surname is recorded in the domesday book of 1086, and in 1142, robertus filius rouli was noted in early northamptonshire charters. The domesday book is the record of the great survey of much of england, and parts of wales, completed in 1086, done for william i of england, or william the conqueror the domesday book also known as domesday, or book of winchester was a record of all taxable land in england, together with such information as would indicate its worth. Domesday 1986 now available online, after a long effort to save it from outdated videodiscs, the bbc domesday project aimed to record the state of britain 900 years after the original domesday survey.
See all 9 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Tr introduction the first approach to a modern assessment roll or cataster is the well known. Pages in category domesday book the following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. Note that the same name is not necessarily the same person. It is interesting to note that the domesday book compiled by the commissioners of william the conqueror in 1086, is named from the old english domes daeg i. The precise purpose of the enterprise is not known but the most likely reason was to determine who legally owned what land, to settle disputes of ownership and to measure. Jun 05, 1992 doomsday book is the first book in the oxford time travel series. Many of the early names recorded in medieval documents denote noble families but many also indicate migration from the continent during, and in the wake of, the norman invasion of 1066. While spending the christmas of 1085 in gloucester. Early notables of the howden family pre 1700 notable amongst the family name during their early history was john of howden fl. The town predates the norman conquest as the first record of the place was as heafuddene in 959 when king edgar of england granted his first wife, ethelfleda, howden manor. Er het sich druf bezooge, ass d grundbsitzverheltniss.
All of the products sold by were researched and created by swyrich corp. A comprehensive guide to the origins, meanings, etymologies and distribution of thousands of british surnames. The domesday book provides extensive records of landholders. Apr 06, 2012 the domesday book provides extensive records of landholders, their tenants, the amount of land they owned, how many people occupied the land villagers, smallholders, free men, slaves, etc. Domesday book is the earliest, and by far the most famous, english public record. Domesday book 1086 the middle ages encompass one of the most exciting periods in english history.
May 25, 2010 early records of the name mention germanus without surname listed as a tenant in the domesday book of 1086. In 1086, king william i the conqueror wanted to find out about all the land in his new kingdom. Grimsley name meaning, family history, family crest. By contemporaries the whole operation was known as the description of england, but the popular name domesday i. Domesday definition and meaning collins english dictionary. The domesday book is the record of the great survey of much of england, and parts of wales, completed in 1086, done for william i of england, or william the conqueror the domesday book also known as domesday, or book of winchester was a record of all taxable land in england, together with such information as would indicate its worth as the scribes went round england.
In fact there are two domesday books little domesday and great domesday, which together contain a great deal of information about england in the 11th century. One of the most important historical events of the medieval era is the domesday book. It has been cited as an example of digital obsolescence on account of the physical medium used for data storage. 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. Domesday book contains fascinating information such as land ownership, livestock and even local customs. The name grimsley was brought to england in the great wave of migration following the norman conquest of 1066. The survey was similar to a census by a government of today. Servus, translated as slave in the phillimore edition, is sometimes rendered as serf.
Domesday book also known as domesday, or book of winchester was the record of the great survey of england completed in 1086, executed for william the conqueror. Domesday book is one of the most famous documents in english historyand arguably in world history. The first draft was completed in august 1086 and contained records for,418 settlements in the english counties south of the rivers ribble and tees the border with scotland at the time. Chichester, 19741992 the english translations for the great domesday counties, together with images of the latin text, are available in searchable form on cd, known as domesday explorer, published by phillimore and co. The surname grimsley was first found in worcestershire at grimley, a village and civil parish now in the malvern hills district, originally in the union of. Slaves formed the fourth largest group among the peasantry, over 10% of the recorded population and significantly higher than this if allowance is made for their almost complete omission from the counties of circuit 6. The domesday book was commissioned in december 1085 by william the conqueror, who invaded england in 1066. The given name is recorded in the domesday book of 1086 as germanus, and jerman willelmi is listed in the feet of fines for the county of essex in 1248. Domesday book simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Scholars, however, have worked to identify the undertenants, most of whom have foreign christian names.
The bbc domesday project was a partnership between acorn computers, philips, logica and the bbc with some funding from the european commissions esprit programme to mark the 900th anniversary of the original domesday book, an 11thcentury census of england. The domesday book records details of a survey of land ownership and taxation that was completed in 1086 under the direction of william the conqueror. The existing literature on this remarkable memorial is so extensive, that it has not appeared advisable to quote largely from it. The domesday book one of the most valuable records of the uks past history. Doomsday book is the first book in the oxford time travel series. The world of domesday exhibition depicts life in 11th century england. Early examples of the surname in scotland where it is rollo, rollow and rollock, include john rollo, cleric of the diocese of moray in 73, and john rollow, burgess of edinburgh 81. Old historic families of lancashire geni family tree. Find out where in the world your surname originated, what it originally meant and how many other people you share it with. Its a land survey, compiled in 1086, that covered much of england and parts of wales. Now you have the opportunity to discover your town or villages distant. Hallam, domesday book through nine centuries london, 1986 a survey of how the domesday book has been used since its composition, and how antiquarians and historians have viewed the record. The national archives is the home of domesday book, the oldest surviving public record. Domesday book is the oldest government record held in the national archives.
Domesday book great domesday the national archives. What were the disadvantages of the domesday book in 1086. Uploaded by the open domesday project, released under ccbysa by professor john palmer and george slater. In the 11th century, surnames were still in a state of flux and many people still did not have what we would consider a surname. World wide words tries to record at least a part of this shifting wordscape by featuring new words, word histories, words in the news, and the curiosities of native english speech. Holden was a locational name of holden a place in county lancashire. As domesday book normally records only the christian name of an undertenant, it is not possible to search for the surnames of families claiming a norman origin. This first english census, considered by some as the most remarkable administrative accomplishment of the middle ages, provides a record of. Female names in the domesday book nancys baby names. Sep 24, 2004 domesday book is one of the most famous documents in english historyand arguably in world history. Doomsday book left me a little messed up in the head and i wanted to replace the imagery and train of thought with something new.
The domesday book was compiled on the orders of william the conquerer to catalogue the ownership and value of land in the newly conquered territories of england. William needed information about the country he had just conquered so he could administer it. Surnames became necessary when governments began demanding personal taxes from its citizens. The surname of kelsey was a locational name of kelsey two parishes in north and south kelsey, county lincolnshire and of kilshaw, a township in the parish of tarvin, county chester. The earliest of the name recorded appears to be kelleshalle without surname who was listed as a tenant in the domesday book of 1086. You can also access the discover domesday exhibition. Earl roger of shrewsbury bishop g eoffrey of coutances. It was a survey of landholdings and other assets such as livestock in england. Domesday book, the original record or summary of william is survey of england.
Now available in one volume, here is the complete, authoritative translation from the original latin, together with an index of places and a glossary of terms used. We looked at names from king henry iiis fine rolls th century a couple of weeks ago, so now lets go back a bit further and look at names from the domesday book 11th century what is the domesday book. Winchesterbogen, men blev i folkemunde kaldt dommedagsbogen. The grimsley family lived in worcestershire as lords of the manor of grimley early origins of the grimsley family. It is the starting point of recorded history for the majority of english villages and towns which are organized by county. This omission was certainly a quirk of the return from the northern. It is the record of a survey which, according to the anglosaxon chronicle, william the conqueror ordered to be taken at christmas 1085. The name howden, appeared in many references, and from time to time, the surname was spelt howden, houden, howdin, howdon, hawden, hawdon and others. In 1086 william the conquerer commanded a survey of the country for taxation purposes.
Back in the days when databases were made from sepia ink and vellum, the most important database for any englishman was the domesday doomsday book, commissioned nearly a thousand years ago as a complete census of england. In 1086, king william i the conqueror wanted to find out. By the domesday book of 1086, the place name had evolved to grimanleh and consisted of a mill and one half of a fishery of eels. Produced under the supervision of the most renowned domesday scholars, this authoritative translation of the complete domesday offers a. The domesday book of 1086, for example, witnesses that significant areas of land in northern england were owned by a gamel and orm his son. The surname howden was first found in the east riding of yorkshire at howden, a small market town and civil parish. Domesday is now available online, and you can search for your town or village, and download images of domesday along with an english translation of the entry. William the conqueror, in an attempt to find out how much he owned and was owed in taxes, set about commissioning the domesday book in 1085 ad, and unwittingly created an iconic document.
Surnames mentioned in the domesday book british surnames. There were 357 places in the county of staffordshire in domesday book. Domesday book sources for research in english genealogy. The first, called little domesday, covers essex, norfolk, and suffolk. This page simply records all owner names mentioned in domesday book.
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