Compilation of the Domesday Book

Timeline

1. 1085Gloucester · EnglandAt a court meeting William I decided to send commissioners to each shire to survey land, livestock, tenants, and tax obligations, laying the foundation for strengthening royal fiscal and military mobilization capacity.
2. 1086English shires · EnglandRoyal commissioners conducted household inquiries and verification shire by shire, registering manors, woodlands, mills, tenant categories, and due levies item by item, forming original survey rolls for court review.
3. 1086Winchester · HampshireSurvey results were transcribed and compiled into the Domesday Book and the Exon Domesday, presented to William I at a royal council, becoming the core source for studying land tenure in Norman England.