 | Sir Thomas Duffus Hardy - Great Britain - 1865 - 726 pages
...large numbers of French and AD lose. Bretons, and quartering them on his subjects, " each according " to the measure of his land," for the purpose of resisting...Cnut, king of Denmark, which was apprehended. The Commissioners appointed to take the survey were to inquire the name of the place, who held it in the... | |
 | Sir Thomas Duffus Hardy - Great Britain - 1865 - 738 pages
...same time, might know what each had to pay. It was compiled as much for their protection us it was for the benefit of the sovereign. The nobility and people had been grievously distressed at that * There are two abridged copies of Domesday Book in the Public Record Office, made in the reign... | |
 | University of Oxford - Students - 1868 - 546 pages
...greater portion of England* is the oldest and most valuable record in the national archives. It Tas commenced about the year 1084 and finished in 1086....Cnut, King of Denmark, which was apprehended. The commissioners appointed to make the survey were to inquire the name of each place j who held it in... | |
 | Great Britain. Public Record Office - Finance - 1868 - 770 pages
...his subjects, and that each at the same time might know what he had to pay. It was compiled as much for their protection as for the benefit of the sovereign....Cnut, King of Denmark, which was apprehended. The commissioners appointed to make the survey were to inquire the name of each place ; who held it in... | |
 | Great Britain. Public Record Office - Great Britain - 1868 - 462 pages
...his subjects, and that each at the same time might know what he had to pay. It was compiled as much for their protection as for the benefit of the sovereign....Cnut, King of Denmark, which was apprehended. The commissioners appointed to make the survey were to inquire the name of each place j who held it in... | |
 | Thomas (de Burton) - Abbeys - 1868 - 584 pages
...his subjects, and that each at the same time might know what he had to pay. It was compiled as much for their protection as for the benefit of the sovereign....Cnut, King of Denmark, which was apprehended. The commissioners appointed to make the survey were to inquire the name of each place ; who held it in... | |
 | Great Britain. Public Record Office - Great Britain - 1868 - 774 pages
...his subjects, and that each at the same time might know what he had to pay. It was compiled as much for their protection as for the benefit of the sovereign....Cnut, King of Denmark, which was apprehended. The commissioners appointed to make the survey were to inquire the nanu. of »*«li yilucv-, .who ktldiilra... | |
 | University of Oxford - Students - 1868 - 568 pages
...at the same time might know what he liad to pay. It was compiled as much for their protection ав for the benefit of the sovereign. The nobility and...Cnut, King of Denmark, which was apprehended. The commissioners appointed to make the survey were to inquire the name of each place; who held it in the... | |
 | University of Oxford - Students - 1868 - 564 pages
...his subjects, and that each at the same time might know what he had to pay. Il was compiled as much for their protection as for the benefit of the sovereign....each accord" ing to the measure of his land," for ihe purpose of resisting the invasion of Cnut, King of Denmark, which was apprehended. The commissioners... | |
 | Richard (of Cirencester) - Great Britain - 1869 - 640 pages
...his subjects, and that each at the same time might know what he had to pay. It was compiled as much for their protection as for the benefit of the sovereign....Cnut, King of Denmark, which was apprehended. The conunissi oners appointed to make the survey were to inquire the name of each place ; who held it in... | |
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Its compilation was determined upon at Gloucester by William the Conqueror, in council, in order that he might know what was due to him, in the way of tax, from his subjects, and that each at the same time might know what he had to pay. It was compiled... 
