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How did the Domesday Book help King William control England?

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1 How did the Domesday Book help King William control England?

2 Control method 3: The Domesday Book

3 https://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=vWPwnvYyAhc http://essrv.dixonsca.com/View. aspx?ID=2821~4n~NOVB9emG

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5 ~ESSEX~ Suen holds Rayleigh from William. There is land for 10 ploughs; there are three ploughs in the demense. There are 6 villeins and 15 bordars. There are 10 acres of wood and meadow for 40 pigs. There are 6 arpents of vineyard, which produce 20 muids of wine if it does well. There are 5 horses, 20 cows, 11 pigs, 80 sheep, and 11 goats. In the time of King Edward it was worth £10 and it is still worth the same. Tricky new words! Demense: the lord’s land Villein: a peasant who owned a strip of land Bordar: a peasant who didn’t own any land Arpent: French term for measuring the size of a vineyard Muid: French term for a measure of liquid


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