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| − | The '''Domesday Book''' is the record of the great survey ordered by [[King]] [[William I]] in 1086 to document the people and property of the lands he had conquered twenty years earlier. It was used for legal and taxation purposes until 1522 | + | The '''Domesday Book''' is the record of the great survey ordered by [[King]] [[William I]] in 1086 to document the people and property of the lands he had conquered twenty years earlier. It was used for legal and taxation purposes until 1522. |
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