Q.1
When was the Domesday Book completed?
1106
1066
1086
1186
Q.2
Which English monarch commissioned it?
William II
William I
Stephen
Henry I
Q.3
What was it written on?
Cotton paper
Sheepskin parchment
Vellum (calf skin)
MacBook Swineherd Pro with Serfnet Explorer
Q.4
What language was it written in?
Old English
French
Welsh
Latin
Q.5
Where is the original book currently held?
National Archives, Kew, London
The British Museum, London
Winchester Cathedral
Westminster Abbey
Q.6
What was the King’s main purpose in compiling the survey?
To ensure that his subjects were well fed and properly housed
Pure nosiness
To provide employment for travelling surveyors
To calculate how much tax he was obtaining from farms and estates, and how much it could be increased
Q.7
The Domesday Book was intended to be one complete volume, but it was never completely finished. It remains in two volumes, the Great and the Little Domesday. What does the Little Domesday contain?
An index to the Great Domesday
Information on Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk
A summary of the King’s own lands and possessions
Telephone numbers of everyone who took part
Q.8
Originally measuring 220 x 22 yards, an acre was a well known measure of land at the time of the Domesday Book. What area did it represent?
A day’s ploughing for one team of oxen
An area that would support 12 sheep for a season
An area that a man could walk around in half an hour
An area of land framed by 200 lances laid end to end
Q.9
What was a 'wapentake'?
A large pitchfork used in hay-making
A tunic made of chainmail
A division of land
A popular Anglo-Saxon take-away
Q.10
Under the feudal system, England’s people were divided into classes according to their wealth and status. Put these people in order, from the highest status to the lowest:
Villein, thegn, cottar, bordar, serf
Bordar, thegn, villein, serf, cottar
Thegn, villein, bordar, cottar, serf
Thegn, bordar, villein, serf, cottar