A summary of the feudal system and the domesday book the feudal system was a way of organising people. Domesday book, the original record or summary of william is survey of england. Exploring 1085 and the compilation of domesday book. Historic fivebed mansion dating back to domesday book and. This website and its content is subject to our terms and conditions. Source 4 florence of worcester was an english monk.
Domesday book the domesday book was a survey designed to record everything that people owned in england. Note that the same name is not necessarily the same person. This page simply records all owner names mentioned in domesday book. How did the domesday book help william i control england. Aimed at students studying at uk year 7 or equivalent. Nicknamed the domesday book by the native english, after gods final day of judgement, when every soul would be assessed and against which there could be no appeal, this title was eventually. He wrote this account of the domesday survey in about 1125. It was ordered by william the conqueror the winner of the recent battle of hastings so that william could determine how much money in taxes he could raise and to give william a better sense of the territory he had just conquered. Tes global ltd is registered in england company no 02017289 with its registered office.
This clip will be suitable for teaching history at ks2 in england and wales also ks1 and ks2 in northern ireland. The book is spelled the domesday book, a survey of lands, populace, and livestock in england and wales, which was done in 1086 for william i the conqueror. When william secured control over england after defeating harold at the battle of hastings, he introduced new ways of running th. 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. In their independent activities, your class will reenact the collection of information for the domesday book. A summary of the feudal system and the domesday book the. In the 20th century, historians grouped society into a set of ranks and responsibilities. The domesday book was commissioned in december 1085 by william the conqueror, who invaded england in 1066.
This fantastic pack contains our domesday book resources brilliant for your lessons. The domesday book animation bbc teach primary resources history ks2 the story of britain an exploration of life post1066, the rule of king william and the compilation of the. In the twentieth year of william, king of the english. By contemporaries the whole operation was known as the description of england, but the popular name domesdayi.
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