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the IRS in 1066 England
My mothers family were from Crocker's Hale Near Hatherleigh, Devon.
Lived thereabouts before 1066 acording to the ancient records........
The Domesday book mentions Hatherleigh in William the Conquorer's tax audit about 1066:
" The Church itself holds (ownes) Heigherleigh. Before 1066 it paid tax for 3 hides ( a value), land for 30 ploughs,(???) in Lordship3 ploughs, 6 slaves, 1/4 hides.....
26 villagers, and 6 cottages, with 10 ploughs 1 1/2 hides
meadow 100acres, pasture 3 leagues long and 1/2 league wide; woodland 2 1/2 acres long, 1/2 league wide.
15 cattle, 10 pigs, 100 sheep, 50 goats.
of this mannors land, Nigel holds 1/2 Virgate of land, less 1/2 furlong, Walter 3 virgates of land,; geoffery, 1/2 virgate of land,
in Lordship (the Duke owns?) 4 ploughs, 3 slaves. 12 villagers, 4 small holders and 5 cottages with 6 ploughs, a mill which pays 6d on Geoffery;'s land.
Value of the mannor to the abbott, 10 pounds, to men at arms, 3 pounds, value formerly 9 pounds in total ""
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
http://omacl.org/Anglo/
Various ancient British histories
http://www.revisedhistory.org/Invest...ng-history.htm
Lived thereabouts before 1066 acording to the ancient records........
The Domesday book mentions Hatherleigh in William the Conquorer's tax audit about 1066:
" The Church itself holds (ownes) Heigherleigh. Before 1066 it paid tax for 3 hides ( a value), land for 30 ploughs,(???) in Lordship3 ploughs, 6 slaves, 1/4 hides.....
26 villagers, and 6 cottages, with 10 ploughs 1 1/2 hides
meadow 100acres, pasture 3 leagues long and 1/2 league wide; woodland 2 1/2 acres long, 1/2 league wide.
15 cattle, 10 pigs, 100 sheep, 50 goats.
of this mannors land, Nigel holds 1/2 Virgate of land, less 1/2 furlong, Walter 3 virgates of land,; geoffery, 1/2 virgate of land,
in Lordship (the Duke owns?) 4 ploughs, 3 slaves. 12 villagers, 4 small holders and 5 cottages with 6 ploughs, a mill which pays 6d on Geoffery;'s land.
Value of the mannor to the abbott, 10 pounds, to men at arms, 3 pounds, value formerly 9 pounds in total ""
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
http://omacl.org/Anglo/
Various ancient British histories
http://www.revisedhistory.org/Invest...ng-history.htm