Cornwall Domesday Book tenants-in-chief
The Domesday Book of 1086 lists in the following order the tenants-in-chief in Cornwall of King William the Conqueror:
- Osbern FitzOsbern (died 1103), Bishop of Exeter
- Tavistock Church, Devon
- The churches of various saints
- St Michael's Church
- Canons of St Stephen's
- St Petroc's Church, Bodmin
- Canons of St Achebran's
- Canons of Probus
- Canons of St Carantoc's
- Canons of St Piran's
- Canons of St Buryan's
- Clergy of St Neot
- Robert, Count of Mortain (died 1090), half-brother of the king
- Juhel de Totnes (died 1123/30), feudal baron of Totnes
- Gotshelm, brother of Walter de Claville
Beginning of Domesday Book for Cornwall; the first few lines list: I. Rex Willelmus; II. Episcopus de Execestre; III. Ecclesia de Tavestoch; IIII. Ecclesiae aliquorum sanctorum; V. Comes Moritoniensis; VI. Judhail de Totenais; VII. Goscelmus
Sources
- Thorn, Caroline & Frank, (eds.) Domesday Book, (Morris, John, gen. ed.) Vol. 10, Cornwall, Chichester: Phillimore, 1979
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