over 1 million people were asked for the doomsday book
he found out which people had what things and how many of them so he knew how much to tax them
it was bad because no one liked it and many people were killed and slaughtered but people also loved it because it set some discipline to England.
How many mills have you got and what is your manor called also how many meadows are there
13418 places were visited and the final record was produced in Winchester by a Monk
There were only 2 domesday books written
it allowed William collect alot of money and to know everything about everyone e.g. like how many things people own and how many things everyone had what was worth money .
The most common question asked where how many mills have you got ? What is your manor called ? How many plougs have you got ? How many meadows are there ? how much land does the manor have ? how many villgers are there ? How many slaves are there ? How many free men are there ? How many acres of land are there that you own?
In the Domesday Book survey, Patcham had a record of 8 oxen. This survey, completed in 1086, provided an inventory of land and resources in England, including livestock. The presence of oxen indicated agricultural activity and the importance of these animals for farming during that time.
A single scribe was the writer of the Doomsday Book. A second clerk checks the scribes work, added some note and further entries.
Domesday Book is really two independent works. One, known as Little Domesday, covers Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex. The other, Great Domesday, covers much of the remainder of England and parts of Wales, except for lands in the north that would later become Westmorland, Cumberland, Northumberland and County Durham. There are also no surveys of London, Winchester and some other towns. The omission of these two major cities is probably due to their size and complexity. Most of Cumberland and Westmorland are missing because they were not conquered until some time after the survey, and County Durham is lacking as the Bishop of Durham (William de St-Calais) had the exclusive right to tax Durham; parts of the north east of England were covered by the 1183 Boldon Book, which listed those areas liable to tax by the Bishop of Durham. The omission of the other counties has not been fully explained.
Because the parchment used to make the pages out of the book were made out of sheepskin, they needed to slaughter sheep. The slaughtered over 100,00 sheep to make the pages of the book but no-one knows the exact answer.
In the Domesday Book, questions were primarily asked during the 1086 survey to assess landholdings and resources in England. Each village was typically queried about various aspects, such as the number of inhabitants, land size, livestock, and resources. While the exact number of questions varied by village, the survey aimed to gather comprehensive information to inform taxation and governance. Overall, the inquiries were standardized but adapted to reflect local conditions.