Cheshire Domesday Book tenants-in-chief

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The Domesday Book of 1086 AD identifies King William the Conqueror's tenants-in-chief in Cestrescire (Cheshire), following the Norman Conquest of England. [1] [2] At the time, the County of Cheshire included South Lancashire and most of modern Flintshire and Wrexham counties in north Wales. [3]

In Cheshire, the Bishop of Chester held his own bishopric. Earl Hugh of Chester (and his men) held nearly all the rest of the County. [4]

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Cheshire Hundreds in the Domesday Book

Tenants-in-chief for Cheshire:

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Ancient hundreds of modern Lancashire
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Cover of the Winchester Domesday Book of the 12th century

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References

  1. ↑ Powell-Smith, Anna. "Cheshire | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  2. ↑ "The Phillimore Translation - Hull Domesday Project". www.domesdaybook.net. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  3. ↑ Frank Thorn and Caroline Thorn (2007). "Cheshire Notes". University of Hull's Hydra digital repository. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Domesday text translation". University of Hull's Hydra digital repository. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "William I 'The Conqueror' (r. 1066-1087)". The Royal Family. 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  6. ↑ "Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  7. ↑ Lee, S., ed. (1897). Dictionary of National Biography vol. 49. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 101.
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