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The Survey of Kent: Documents relating to the survey of the county conducted in 1086

Colin Flight
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The description of Kent contained in "Domesday Book" does not stand alone. At the time of the "Survey of the whole of England" – the survey conducted in 1086 by order of king William I – there were four ancient churches existing in Kent: Christ Church and Saint Augustine's in Canterbury, Saint Andrew's in Rochester, Saint Martin's in Dover. From the archives of three of them (all except Dover) copies of documents survive which are more or less closely related to the Survey. The aim of the present book is to bring together all the relevant written evidence, so as to enable a better understanding of it. A few documents are printed here which have not been printed before. For those which have, this book provides a more accurate text than any previous edition. For example, the transcription of the "Domesday Book" text given here includes a few words which have become undecipherable in the original, but which were still legible when a copy was made in the 1760s. That is the same copy used by Edward Hasted, whose "History of Kent" (1778–99) was the first serious attempt to reconnect the written evidence with the actual landscape. For anyone interested in the workings of the Survey, or in the topography of medieval Kent, this book will be indispensable.
  • Front Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • List of tables
  • List of figures
  • Preface
  • Sigla
  • Chapter 1 Introduction
  • Chapter 2 The archbishop’s response to the commissioners’ questionnaire
  • Chapter 3 Extracts from B-Ke made for Saint Augustine’s
  • Chapter 4 The shortened version of the final report
  • Chapter 5 Commentary
  • Chapter 6 An epitome of DB-Ke
  • Chapter 7 Supporting documents
  • Chapter 8 Early lists of parish churches in Kent
  • Chapter 9 Thirteenth-century baronies in Kent
  • Chapter 10 Thirteenth-century lests and hundreds
  • Appendix I Lambeth Palace Library MS. 1212 and the lost cartulary of Christ Church, Canterbury
  • Appendix II The Christ Church account of the trial on Penenden Heath
  • Bibliography
  • Index
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Published: 2010
Publisher: BAR Publishing
Copyright Holder: BAR Publishing
ISBN(s)
  • 9781407305417 (paperback)
  • 9781407321738 (ebook)
BAR Number: B506
Subject
  • British Isles
  • Migration Period, Early Medieval and Medieval
  • Epigraphy / Ancient and Medieval Texts / Papyri
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