Key Term

Definition

Domesday Book

Survey of England ordered by William in 1085–1086

Survey

Collection of information about people, land or property

Manor

Estate controlled by a lord

Tax

Money paid to the government or king

Landowner

Person who owns land

Hundred

Local administrative area used in Anglo-Saxon and Norman England

Royal Official

Person working for the king

Resource

Useful asset such as land, animals or mills

Great Domesday

Main volume of the Domesday survey

Little Domesday

Detailed record of three eastern counties