 So very narrowly he caused it to be " traced out, that there was not a single hide, nor one virgate of land, nor even, " it is shame to tell. though it seemed to him no shame to do, an ox, nor a cow, " nor a swine was left, that was not set down.  The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal - Page 2811895Full view - About this book
 | 1891 - 344 pages
...single hide, nor one ' yard ' (virgate) of land, nor even — it is shame to tell, though it seemed to him no shame to do — an ox, nor a cow, nor a swine, was left that was not set down in his writ. And all the writings were brought to him afterwards.' ' And again, under AD 1087,... | |
 | Great Britain. Public Record Office - 1891 - 836 pages
...not a single hide, nor one virgato of land, nor even, •• it is shame to tell, though it seemed to him no shame to do, an ox, nor a cow, " nor a swine was left, that was not set down." Domesday Survey is in two parts or volumes. The first, in folio, contains the counties of Bedford,... | |
 | Samuel Rawson Gardiner - 1892 - 1108 pages
...not a single hide nor a yard of land, nor so much as — it is a shame to tell, though he thought it no shame to do — an ox nor a cow nor a swine was left that was not set in his writ." The chronicler who wrote these- words was an English monk of Peterborough. Englishmen were shocked... | |
 | Falconer Madan - 1893 - 232 pages
...not one single hide, nor one virgate of land, nor even — it is shame to tell, though it seemed to him no shame to do — an ox, nor a cow, nor a swine, was left that was not set down in his writ. And all the writings were brought to him afterwards.' A specimen of a single, almost... | |
 | 1881 - 378 pages
...was not one single hide, nor one yard of land, nor even — it is shame to tell, though it seemed to him no shame to do — an ox, nor a cow, nor a swine, was left that was not set down in his writ. And all the writings were brought to him afterwards." — See Introduction to Domesday,... | |
 | Katharine Coman, Elizabeth Kimball Kendall - 1894 - 328 pages
...was not one single hide, nor one yard of land, nor even — it is a shame to tell, tho' it seemed to him no shame to do — an ox, nor a cow, nor a swine was left that was not set down in his writ." In the Salisbury oath and the Domesday Survey, the Conqueror's work in England reached... | |
 | 1861 - 316 pages
...was not one single hide, nor one yard of land, nor even [it is a shame to tell, though he thought it no shame to do] an ox, nor a cow, nor a swine was left, that was not set down in his writ." How interesting, then, must it be to everyone, to ascertain such details of the... | |
 | Montague John Guest - 1894 - 656 pages
...out, that there was not one yard of land, nor even — it is. a shame to tell, though it seemed to him no shame to do — an ox, nor a cow, nor a swine left that was not set down in his writ." Though William had shown so much cruelty, and had wronged... | |
 | Katharine Coman, Elizabeth Kimball Kendall - 1894 - 332 pages
...hide, nor one yard of land, nor even—it is a shame to tell, tho' it seemed to him no shame to do—an ox, nor a cow, nor a swine was left that was not set down in his writ." In the Salisbury oath and the Domesday Survey, the Conqueror's work in England reached... | |
 | 1895 - 736 pages
...William the Conqueror did one of his greatest acts. " The King had mickle thought and sooth deep speecli with his Witan about his land, how it were set and...nor a swine was left that was not set in his writ." (The Norman Conqwst, by EA Freeman.) [THE CITY OP YORK.] In1 Bboraco civitate (York city), in the time... | |
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