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British History

Minskip in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Minskip is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Minskip at 3 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Minskip supported a recorded population of 1 villager, 10 smallholders, 4 slaves, working 4 ploughs between them.

The survey puts Minskip’s value at 3 shillings, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.

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Mint House in the Domesday Book (1086)

Mint House appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Mint House at 0.3 carucates of taxable land.

The survey puts Mint House’s value at 2d, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.

The survey lists 2 manors at Mint House under different lords. Splitting a single settlement between multiple tenants was common across the North – Saxon estates broken up and handed to William’s followers after 1066.

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Misperton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Misperton, entered under the hundred of Maneshou in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Misperton at 20 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Misperton supported a recorded population of 42 villagers, 10 smallholders, working 47 ploughs between them.

The survey records Misperton’s value at 21 shillings in 1086. No pre-Conquest figure survives – not unusual in the North, where records were disrupted by the Harrying and by the patchy coverage of the survey.