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List of Nottinghamshire land owners in the Domesday Book
HIC ANNOTANTUR TENENTES TERRAS IN SNOTINGHSCIRE ["Here are noted (those) holding lands in Nottinghamshire"]: i Rex Willelmus ii Comes Alanus iii Comes Hugo iv Comes Morttoniens v Archieps eboracensis vi Eps lincoliensis vii Eps Baiocensis viii Abbatia de Burgh ix Rogerius de Busli x Wills Peurel xi Walteri de Aincurt xii Goiffridus Alselin xiii Radulf fili Hubet xiv Radulf de Limesi xv Radulf de Burun xvi Rogerius Pictauens xvii Gilleberais de gand xviii Gilleberais tison xix Goiffridus de Wirce xx Ilbertus de laci xxi Berenger de Todern xxii Hugo filius Baldrici xxiii Hugo de Grentemaisnil xxiv Henricus de Fereires xxv Robertus malet xxvi Durandus malet xxvii Osbnus fili Ricarti xxviii Robertus fili Willi xxix Willelm Hostiarius xxx Taini regis
Cover of the Winchester Domesday Book of the 12th century
The
Domesday Book of 1086 AD lists (in the following order) King
William the Conqueror 's
tenants-in-chief in Snotinghscire (Nottinghamshire), following the
Norman Conquest of
England :
[1]
[2]
King William (c. 1028 - 1087), the first
Norman King of England (after the
Battle of Hastings in 1066 AD) and he was
Duke of Normandy from 1035.
[3]
Count Alan of Brittany (c. 1040 - 1093), Alan Rufus (or Alan the Red) was the second son of
Odo, Count of Penthièvre . He was granted English lands which became known as the
Honour of Richmond .
[4]
Earl Hugh of Chester (
c. 1047 - 1101) contributed 60 ships to the invasion of England, but did not fight at the Battle of Hastings.
Count Robert of Mortain (
c. 1031 -
c. 1095) was the
half-brother of
William the Conqueror . He fought at the
Battle of Hastings and as 2nd
Earl of Cornwall he was one of the greatest landholders in England. He is seated next to King William on the
Bayeux Tapestry .
[5]
[6]
Archbishop of York
Bishop of Lincoln
Bishop of Bayeux
Abbey of Burgh
Roger de Busli (c. 1038 - c. 1099), granted 86 manors in Nottinghamshire, 46 in Yorkshire, and others in Derbyshire,
Lincolnshire ,
Leicestershire and
Devon . They became the Honour of Blyth (later renamed the Honour of Tickhill).
[7]
William Peverel (c. 1040 - c. 1115), granted over a hundred
manors in central England from the king, forming the
Honour of
Peverel , in
Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, including
Nottingham Castle .
[8] He also built
Peveril Castle at
Castleton in Derbyshire.
[9]
Walter D'Aincourt , was connected by marriage to William the Conqueror and was awarded over 70 manors in the
East Midlands and
Yorkshire .
[10]
Geoffrey Alselin
Ralph son of Hubert (FitzHubert), (1045 - 1086), son of Hubert de Corcun (Derei).
[11]
Ralph de Limésy
Ralph de Buron
Roger de Poitou , his father
Roger de Montgomery was one of William the Conqueror's main advisers.
[12]
Gilbert de Gant (
Ghent ), (c. 1048 - 1095), was related to William the Conqueror's wife.
[13]
Gilbert Tison, his lands were returned to
the Crown by 1118 and given to the Houses of
Romille ,
Percy , Fitz John and d'Aubigny.
[14]
Geoffrey de la Guerche (c. 1040 - c. 1094), son of Silvestre who was lord of La Guerche and Pouence, near Rennes on the border of Brittany and Anjou.
[15]
Ilbert de Lacy , son of Hugh de Lacy from
Lassy, Calvados . He and his brother Walter left
Normandy with William the Conqueror, who awarded them both lands. Ilbert's main lands were in west
Yorkshire .
[16]
Berengar
de Tosny (c. 1050 - ?), eldest son of Robert de Tosny (founder of
Belvoir Priory ).
[17]
Hugh fitzBaldrick was
Sheriff of Yorkshire from 1069 to c. 1080. He gave some of his English lands to
Préaux Abbey in Normandy and to
St Mary's Abbey in York.
[18]
Hugh de Grandmesnil (1032 - 1098), elder son of Robert I of Grandmesnil and he fought at the Battle of Hastings. He was granted 100 manors for his services, mostly in
Leicestershire . He was appointed
Sheriff of Leicestershire and Governor of
Hampshire .
[19]
Henry de Ferrers , served William the Conqueror and his successor
King William II in administrative roles.
[20]
Robert Malet (c. 1050 - 1100s), son of
William Malet and he was
High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk from 1070 to 1080. He was a close advisor of
King Henry I . He held over 200 manors in Suffolk.
[21]
Durand Malet
Osbern fitzRichard , son of
Richard Scrob (founder of
Richard's Castle in
Herefordshire ).
[22]
Robert Curthose (c. 1051 - 1134), son of William the Conqueror and succeeded him as Duke of Normandy in 1087 AD.
[23]
William the Usher
King's Thanes
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