Landholding

Domesday Book is largely about landowners and landholding. The concepts involved can seem difficult and are complicated by the apparent differences between Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman practices.

For the main concepts and formulae employed in Domesday Book, see:

landholding concepts
as a manor
bookland
commendation
could go
could grant
could sell
could withdraw
could not go
could not grant
could not sell
could not withdraw
feudal
fiefs, Holding
freehold
freely
Honour
jointly, parage
predecessor
reeveland
sergeant
subinfeudation
tenant-in-chief
tenure
tenurial
thaneland
tributary
vavassor