Show q n. n l r IJ un r r 3 JER ER William the Conqueror had hadt tat Wt t down on the English lid with force to keep Malcolm If in Scotland and had roasted ng S to a turn he decided that It be a 8 very fair thin thing to 10 settle settled od dd d henchmen en in the castles and of ot tho the original settlers and in p make things sure he just orIs or- or ls Is scribes and clerks and his V ors and princes and dukes to toJ J in a great greM council They If It we are arc to believe bellevo old r ales les J and asked each other just ch land there really was in this i 4 acquired kingdom how It was d who were Its tenantry Tho The j voted with the king as tho they cry ery ry well on which side of oC tho thol 1 l bread their butter would be bo boand and he therewith th ordered men it Ids to go 10 out all over England praise tho land taking minute I 1 of ot every man cow and pig Is and the barons were named rights to their holdings r. r r. r held beld from Edward the tho ConJ ConI Con- Con mi J I time or newl newly acquired b by t f W Williams William's mams mam's conquest and pos- pos f. f accounts account and surveys I h f written on beautiful parch- parch nd wl when wIlen cn bound in quaint old oid I m were were named the Another survey O was made mado later lator latorI I was called the Hundred Rolls Hos nIne aloe of ot this tills book hool of or Doom can canue be ue overestimated for in It 11 thousands of oC names of oC the men ed ell over 1000 years ago In III the Isles bles and to find rind ones one's ancestor n this book bool I is the English title tUle It its Ity per sc se Although singular ular there are ale few Cew descendants of oC I Id d a s there spoken of ot ex- ex ad oday except in the 0 off offshoots off shoots fr aly j pi rp i all ft while ct t line rUf itself ll elt out aw as a n rule hiT 11 l iilO n O vars J m u-m record reco recodA A e d derived from fromIn rom romIn In in to remember I hies an all testimony in incourt inv In v Al In court collet of or record waiters make It necessary n e that records should bo be on parchment but this remark cannot be correct as man many of ot the exchequer records are arc on paper An act committed to writing in any of oC th the tho 3 queens queen's courts Is Is during the term wherein It Is written alterable alterable- being no record but t that term ended and tho the act duly duh enrolled It Is a record and In our common law no witness can cn prevail against it This being the definition of at tho the word record it follows follows follows fol fol- fol- fol lows that tho the term is most Incorrectly used when applied to parchment deeds registers and miscellaneous manu mane scripts The records bearing tho the title of ot T the he Books Booles are five In number and art arP the most valuable in this king Icing dam rhe They are arc Tho Book The rile Exon The ElIen ls The Winton Vinton Dome da The Boldon Doldon Book Dook Says Sas an old authority Tho Domes Domes- da day Book which Is 18 tho the most an ancient lent and one oue of or tho the most important records In the kingdom affords ds hl highly llly valuable valuable valuable able antiquarian and historical historical mation matlon It contains a survey of ot all the lands in England with few fete exceptions made lJ by the order of ot William the tho Conqueror Conqueror Con Con- and was tho re register from which judgment was to be given upon the value alue tenure and service of or thu the lands described therein The BUnC survey was probably 1 commenced about 1085 and completed about 1086 From this StuV survey certain commission commissioners ers were appointed and anel some notion of or the contents of or the book ma may beI be bo formed from Crom the following statement I The inquisitors were to tn inquire into tho the name of ot evor every place who held it InI in inthe inthe the time of or King Edward the Confessor I who was the present possessor how howman man many malls hl hides c In the tho manor how ho man many C in demesne how many horn horn- agers how how man many how low man many or I what who t freemen freemen freemen free free- men how hot many tenants In socage what quantity of or wood woodi how much meadow v and pasture what mills mille and fishponds how much added or taken away what tho the gross value was In King Icing Edwards Edward's time what was tho present value how much each freeman or Bochman had or has hns All ll this tilts was to be ue triply esti esti- mated First as the estate e tato was held in tho the time of or tho the Confessor then thon as liB asI asit I it 1 was bestowed b by lung King William thirdly as Its value stood at the formation formation for tor- mation matlon of the survey sune and to state whether any a advance could be mado made In Inthe Inthe Inthe the value t The Inquisitions inquisitions having been taken were sent Bent to Winchester and were there methodized and entered in a register such as aso wo o now see seo it Northumberland Cumberland Westmoreland Westmoreland Westmoreland West West- moreland and Durham are arc not described In the sune survey nor Lancashire under Its proper namo name but Furness and the northern part of oC tho the county as well as tho the south of or W Westmoreland with part of ot Cumberland are aro included within the tho West Riding of ot Yorkshire That part of ot Lancashire which lies between the rivers Ribble and aud Mersey and which at tho time of ot tho the survey comprehended six hundreds and 18 manors is la subJoined subjoined subjoined sub sub- joined to Cheshire Choshiro and part of or Rut Rut- is described in the counties of or Northampton and Lincoln etc The Tho authority of or this book Is s never nover permitted to be called In question question- thero there Is no appeal from it hence somo some suppose It name others from Its place of ot preservation the tho chapter house of ot the church Domus Del at nt I ster In question relatives to tenure tho Conqueror himself often otton submitted to It H and for tor a long time time after after nono none were permitted to make malo claim or title to lands beyond the Conquest Book Hook consists of ot two vo volumes volumes vol vol- volI I umes written In Latin on parchment I and Is now In excellent preservation in the tho chapter chater house at Westminster e ter I when It was depo deposited in 1698 A An I abridgment ment in ono volume a a very verv beautiful manuscript apparently compiled corn com compiled com piled carl early in the rel reign n of ot Edward 1114 I I- I Is In tho the same samo custody The Tho original returns of ot the commis commis- from which these those books were compiled have bavo not been discovered ered but there exist In ln the British museum transcripts of ot part of ot them with lists of oC tho the jurors before whom some of the inquisitions were taken Book Doole was published In 1783 in two volumes in 1811 a third volume containing the Indices and antl anda a vor very valuable Intro introduction was printed b by tho the record commission Tho The indices consist first const first of at an according to the order In which the counties occur In the original original inal secondly a n general Index Lo- Lo corum with the nature of at the land the county tho the hundred or and tho the namo name of ot tho the possessor thirdly an Index Inex of tenants In capite and lastly a general Index Berum Pre Pre- but unfortunately there Is la lano no general Index In tho same tame year a fourth or supplementary volume was published under uner tho the samo authority containing I 1 1 The Exon 2 2 The Tho 3 3 Tho Thu Winton Vinton Dorno da yda and 4 The Boldon Book The Tho Hundred Roll Rolla One of ot the first acts of ot Edward I Ion on his return to England after th tho death of ot his hie father was to Inquire into the tho state of ot tho demesnes and of ot the right and und revenues re of ot the crown what lands were holden or ot the crown by knight service and other othor tenures and nd whether Imme Immediately immediate latel of oC the crown or of ot lords in order that the crown might be bo Informed how to collect and tho the subject how to pay for tor forone forone torone one species of or tenure and e or talla tillage o for tho the other Inquiry was also alBo alsoto to bo be made Into the conduct of at the sheriffs and other officers and ana ministers min min- who ha had defrauded the tho kind and oppressed the people A speedy speed remedy to the crown and the tho subject being necessary and tho the circuit of ot the justices itinerant who went it generally but once in seven years cars not returning until the seventh year oar of this tills kings Icing s reign Ign he appointed special commissioners on October 11 to inquire into these matters Tho The Hundred Hundred Hundred Hun dred Rolls contain Inquisitions taken taleen In pursuance of or this commission Tho commissioners were commanded to survey by tho the oath of knights and other othor lawful men all cities borough h and market towns to Inquire ro of all demesnes fees tees honors escheats liberties liberties liberties lib lib- and things touching fees an and tenements belonging to the king or to others that le is 18 to distinguish tenants holding In demesne or as ns bondmen bondmen bondmen bond bond- men men cottagers and freeholders and such as hold woods parks chases warrens warrens war war- rens waters rivers liberties fairs markets and und other othor tenures how and antl of ot whom and out of what fees tees was wont and ought to be bo pal paid with tho the amount of or lees sees fees of ot all nn honors who hold them an and b by what means so that over ovary town to hamlot and other tenure ten ten- uro ure b by whatever name namo distinguished might be distinctly assessed and closely entered on rolls and no man to be favored A Manual l for tor the Genealogist Topo To- To po Antiquary and Legal ProCessor Professor Pro Pro- fessor Cessor pago DaKo |