Record revealed
Charter issued by the Anglo-Saxon King Edgar
The oldest complete document at The National Archives, this charter recording a grant of land dates back over 1,000 years.
Piece
Great Domesday: Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset,...
Catalogue reference: E 31/2/1
What’s it about?
This record is about the Great Domesday: Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset,... dating from 1086-1087 in the series Exchequer: Treasury of the Receipt: Domesday Book etc. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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E 31/2/1
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Date (When the record was created)
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1086-1087
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Description (What the record is about)
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Great Domesday: Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, Cornwall, Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire; Herefordshire, Cambridgeshire
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
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Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Taxation
- Landed estates
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3755507/
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Series information
E 31
Exchequer: Treasury of the Receipt: Domesday Book etc
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Catalogue hierarchy
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Within the series: E 31
Exchequer: Treasury of the Receipt: Domesday Book etc
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Great Domesday: Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset,...
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