 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
 | Edward Augustus Freeman - 1888 - 220 pages
...1085-1086, held in due form at Gloucester, William did one of his greatest acts. " The King had mickle thought and sooth deep speech with his Witan about...nor a swine was left that was not set in his writ." This kind of searching inquiry, never liked at any time, would be specially grievous then. The taking... | |
 | Geoffroy Gaimar - 1889 - 392 pages
...was not a single hide, nor one virgatc 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,... | |
 | Great Britain. Public Record Office - 1888 - 724 pages
...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." Domesday Survey is in two parts or volumes. The first, in folio, contains the counties of Bedford,... | |
 | Patrick Edward Dove - 1888 - 430 pages
...or virgate of land], and even— it is shame to tell though it seemed to him no shame to do — not 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. enumeration of the cattle is... | |
 | Patrick Edward Dove - 1888 - 430 pages
...or virgate of land], and even— it is shame to tell though it seemed to him no shame to do — not 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. Now these two statements differ... | |
 | Hannis Taylor - 1889 - 672 pages
...narrowly he let spear it out, that there was not a single hide nor a yard-land,2 nor so much as — it is shame to tell and it thought him no shame to...nor a swine was left that was not set in his writ. And all the writs were brought to him since." Under this order, passed in the midwinter gemot of 1085-1086,... | |
 | Roger (of Wendover) - 1889 - 320 pages
...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." Domesday Survey is in two parts or volumes. The first, in folio, contains the counties of Bedford,... | |
 | Adam Murimuth - 1889 - 678 pages
...nor one virgate of land, nor even. " it is shame to tell, though it seemed to him no shame to do, au ox, nor a cow, " nor a swine was left, that was not set down." Domesday Survey is in two parts or volnmes. The first, in folio, contains the counties of Bedford,... | |
 | Samuel Rawson Gardiner - 1890 - 422 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 by... | |
 | Richard Nicholls Worth - 1890 - 526 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. — Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Tfic Domesday Record. IN opening Domesday Book we for... | |
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