 | Domesday book - 1862 - 362 pages
...county, these Commissioners, or to quote from Sir H. Ellis, p. 21: — " The Inquisitors, it appears, upon the oaths of the Sheriffs, the Lords of each Manor, the Presbyters of every Church, the lleves of every Hundred, the Bailiffs and six Yillans of every village, were to enquire into the name... | |
 | George Markham Tweddell - 1863 - 142 pages
...1086, is well known. It was completed by certain commissioners, called the king's justiciaries, who, upon the oaths of the sheriffs, the lords of each manor, the presbyters of every church, the reeves of every hundred, the bailiffs, and six villanes, were to enquire into the name of the person... | |
 | Richard Atkinson Peacock - 1868 - 314 pages
...curious document showing that the information was given on oath. At p. vil., the Inquisitors, it appears, upon the oaths of the Sheriffs, the Lords of each...Presbyters of every Church, the Reves of every Hundred, the Bailiffs, and six villans of every village, were to inquire into all the necessary particulars.... | |
 | Richard Atkinson Peacock - 1868 - 314 pages
...curious document showing that the information was given on oath. At p. vii., the Inquisitors, it appears, upon the oaths of the Sheriffs, the Lords of each Manor, the Presbyters of every Church, the Revés of every Hundred, the Bailiffs, and six villans of every village, were to inquire into all the... | |
 | Homersham Cox - 1868 - 224 pages
...1086. It was made under the superintendence of certain commissioners, called the king's justiciaries. The sheriffs, the lords of each manor, the presbyters of every church, the reves of every hundred, the bailiffs and six villans of every village, were appointed jurors to inquire into the name of each... | |
 | Robert Furley - 1871 - 498 pages
...Domesday Book. who no doubt were assisted by some leading oificial in each shire ; and they, it appears, " Upon the oaths of the sheriffs, the Lords of each...Presbyters of every Church, the Reves of every hundred, the bailiffs and six villans of every village, were to enquire into the name of the place, who held... | |
 | Abraham Holroyd - 1873 - 202 pages
...1086, is well known. It was completed by certain commissioners called the King's Justiciaries, who upon the oaths of the Sheriffs, the Lords of each Manor, the Presbyters of every Church, the Kceves of every Hundred, the Bailiffs, and six Villanes, were to enquire into the name of the person... | |
 | Wynne Edwin Baxter - 1877 - 84 pages
...survey inquisitors (legati régis) were appointed for each county l — "The inquisitors, it appears, upon the oaths of the Sheriffs, the Lords of each Manor, the Preshyters of every Church, the Reves of every hundred, the Bailiffs and six Villans of every village,... | |
 | 1886 - 342 pages
...Walter Gifford, Earl of Buckingham ; Henry de Ferers ; and Adam, the brother of Eudo Dapifer. There, upon the oaths of the sheriffs — the lords of each manor — the Preshyters of every Church — the reeves of every hundred — and the hailiffs and six villans of... | |
 | Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society - 1887 - 494 pages
...Walter Giffbrd, earl of Buckingham ; Henry de Ferers ; and Adam, the brother of Eudo Dapifer. These, upon the oaths of the sheriffs — the lords of each manor ; the presbyters of every church ; the reeves of every hundred ; and the bailiffs and six villans of every village were to enquire into and... | |
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Villans of every village, were to enquire into the name of the place, who held it in the time of King Edward, who was the present possessor, how many hides in the Manor, how many... 
