Domesday
Book
This was
made in 1086. King William wanted information about his
kingdom. He ordered his clerks to ask about the land in the
time of King Edward, and about what it was like in 1086.
Many of the clerks would have been Norman French. They were
asking people who spoke Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Danish about
the land. They wrote down what they found out in Latin.
This probably explains some of the inconsistencies in
Domesday Book - obviously the words lost something in the
several translations that they went through!
"In
Rotherham, Hakon (Acun) had 1 manor of 5 carucates to the
geld, where there could be 3 ploughs. Nigel has 1 plough
there in desmesne; and 8 villans and 3 bordars having 2½
ploughs, and 1 mill rendering 10s. There is a priest and a
church, 4 acres of meadow, and 7 acres of woodland pasture.
The whole is 10 furlongs and 5½ furlongs broad. In the time
of King Edward worth £4; now 30s."
Acun (Hakon)
was alive
in 1066
He was the
Saxon who held the Manor of Rotherham in the time of Edward
the Confessor.
Aldene (Halfdan)
was alive
in 1066
Domesday
Book says that he was the Saxon who held land in Wickersley
in the time of Edward the Confessor.
Alsi (Alsige)
was alive
in 1066
In the
Domesday Book he is listed as the Saxon thane who held the
land in "Chiberworde" (Kimberworth).
Artor (Arnthorr)
was alive
in 1066
He was a
Saxon priest. The Domesday Book says that he held land in
Melton, Brampton, Thorpe, Eldebury (Eldeburgh) and
Wentworth.
Bugo (Buga)
was alive
in 1066
According
to Domesday Book he was the lord in the village of Hooton
Levitt.
Ernui (Earnwine)
was alive
in 1066
He was a
priest. He held a manor in Aughton (Actun) in the time of
Edward the Confessor
Edwin
died in
1070
Edwin was
the Saxon Earl of Mercia. He was the brother of Morcar. He
was Harold's brother-in-law. Before 1066 his lands included
Laughton, Throapham, North Anston and South Anston, Thorpe
Salvin, Wales, Slade Hooton, Newhall, and Dinnington.
Elsi (Alsige)
was alive
in 1066
He was a
Saxon lord who held land in "Maltebi" (Maltby) and
"Helgebi" (Hellaby) in the time of Edward the
Confessor.
Estan (Aestan)
was alive
in 1066
He was a
Saxon who held land in Wickersley in the time of Edward the
Confessor.
Godric
was alive
in 1066
He was the
Saxon landholder in Brinsworth in the time of Edward the
Confessor.
Grim (Grimr)
was alive
in 1066
Grim was
the Saxon who held land in the village of Aughton in the
time of Edward the Confessor.
Earl Harold
about
1022-14th October 1066
Harold
Godwinson was probably a southerner. He was the Earl of
Wessex. He was held Conisbrough. He would have held land in
Rotherham. He was Edward the Confessor's brother-in-law and
right hand man, and in 1066 he claimed the kingdom.
Lefchil (Leofketill)
was alive
in 1066
Lefchil
was one of the Saxon landholders in Aughton along with Grim
and Lepsi. This was in the time of Edward the
Confessor.
Lepsi (Leofsige)
was alive
in 1066
According
to Domesday Book Lepsi was a landholder in Aughton and
Aston.
Morcar
was alive
in 1066
Morcar was
the brother of Edwin and brother-in-law of Harold. He was
Earl of Northumbria. His lands included a manor in Ulley,
Wales and Brampton en le Morthen in the time of Edward the
Confessor.
Norman (Northmann)
was alive
in 1066
According
to the Domesday Book, Norman was the main landholder in
Thrybergh, Dalton, and Brinsworth in the time of Edward the
Confessor.
Rainald (Ragnaldr)
was alive
in 1066
According
to Domesday Book he was the Saxon landholder in Todwick in
the time of Edward the Confessor.
Reider (Reitharr)
was alive
in 1066
Reider was
the Saxon landholder in Wath, Swinton, and Wentworth. This
was in the time of Edward the Confessor.
Seward (Siward)
was alive
in 1066
Seward was
the great Saxon landholder in Stainton and Hellaby in the
time of Edward the Confessor.
Stori (Thorir)
was alive
in 1066
In
Domesday Book Stori is given as the last Saxon landholder
of Rawmarsh in the time of Edward the Confessor.
Swein (Sveinn)
was alive
in 1066
In the
Domesday survey this man is listed as a landholder in
Melton, Thorpe, Wentworth and Brampton in the time of
Edward the Confessor.
Tor (Thorr)
was alive
in 1066
He held
land in West Melton in the time of King Edward the
Confessor.
Torchil (Thorketill)
was alive
in 1066
He held
land in Whiston in the time of Edward the Confessor.
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