The Domesday Book

Who was the Domesday Book created for?

• Harold

• William

• Harald

• Edgar

When was the Domesday Book begun?

• 1066

• 1070

• 1080

• 1085

What language was the book written in?

• English

• Latin

• French

How much of the landed wealth did the King have?

• 1/7

• 1/4

• 1/2

• 1/5

How much land did the church have?

• 1/7

• 1/4

• 1/2

• 1/5

How many Anglo-Saxon tenants-in-chief kept hold of their land?

• 0

• 1

• 2

• 3

What does the book provide details of? Click all correct options.

• 48 castles

• 300 parishes

• 13, 400 individual places

• 12 boroughs

• markets

What does the Domesday book NOT show us? Click all correct answers.

• Total population

• Number of children in England

• Who lived in major cities

• How many slaves there were

Why did William have the book made. Click all correct answers. He wanted...

• to know what was owed in taxes

• to know who owned what and what it was worth

• something to read

• to know what was owed in rents and military service

The book includes... click all correct answers

• castles and towns

• number of freemen

• number of monks and nuns

• unfree peasants and slaves

• landowners and the manors they held