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| rdfs:comment | - According to the vellum tabloid The Anglo-Saxon Daily Mail, William had a vision whilst spending Christmas in Gloucester in 1085. He believed the Anglo-Saxons were a nation of tax dodgers and wanted to collect all his takings since beating King Harold at the Battle of Hastings. Counsellors and shake down experts were sent to every shire, town, village, hamlet, pig sty.. to part peasants from their pennies. Every landholder had to supply a list of livestock and loose women for the king's perusal.
- Domesday Book (/ˈduːmzdeɪ/ or /ˈdoʊmzdeɪ/), now held at The National Archives, Kew, in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086. The survey was executed for William I of England (William the Conqueror): "While spending the Christmas time of 1085 in Gloucester, William had deep speech with his counsellors and sent men all over England to each shire to find out what or how much each landholder had in land and livestock, and what it was worth" (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle). Among other areas it does not cover London.
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| abstract | - According to the vellum tabloid The Anglo-Saxon Daily Mail, William had a vision whilst spending Christmas in Gloucester in 1085. He believed the Anglo-Saxons were a nation of tax dodgers and wanted to collect all his takings since beating King Harold at the Battle of Hastings. Counsellors and shake down experts were sent to every shire, town, village, hamlet, pig sty.. to part peasants from their pennies. Every landholder had to supply a list of livestock and loose women for the king's perusal.
- Domesday Book (/ˈduːmzdeɪ/ or /ˈdoʊmzdeɪ/), now held at The National Archives, Kew, in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086. The survey was executed for William I of England (William the Conqueror): "While spending the Christmas time of 1085 in Gloucester, William had deep speech with his counsellors and sent men all over England to each shire to find out what or how much each landholder had in land and livestock, and what it was worth" (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle). Among other areas it does not cover London. More information on the Wikipedia page [1]
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