 | sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1831 - 238 pages
...narrowly did he cause the Survey to " be made, that there was not a single hide nor a virgate of " land, nor (it is shameful to relate that which he thought...do) was there an ox or a cow, or a pig passed " by, that was not set down in the accounts, and then all " these writings were brought to him." It has been... | |
 | Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, Great Britain. Record Commission - Archives - 1831 - 160 pages
...narrowly did he cause the Survey to " be made, that there was not a single hide nor a virgate of " land, nor (it is shameful to relate that which he thought...do) was there an ox or a cow, or a pig passed " by, that was not set down in the accounts, and then all " these writings were brought to him." It has been... | |
 | Royal Agricultural Society of England - Agriculture - 1892 - 1134 pages
...the annalist — it is shameful to say what he thought no shame to do — was there an oxen or cow or pig passed by, and that was not set down in the accounts, and all these writings were brought to him. Turning to our author's subdivided period of the Middle Ages... | |
 | Charles Sandys - England Land - 1851 - 408 pages
...narrowly did he cause the survey to be made, that there was not a single hide, nor a rood of land, nor — it is shameful to relate that which he thought...a pig passed by, and that was not set down in the accounts,165 and then all these writings were brought to him. "AD 1086. This year the king wore his... | |
 | T. S. Turner - Aldborough (North Yorkshire, England) - 1853 - 224 pages
...very narrowly did he cause the survey to be made, that there was not a single hide nor a rood of land, nor (it is shameful to relate, that which he thought...do,) was there an ox, or a cow, or a pig passed by, that was not set down in the accounts, and then all these writings were brought to him."* Those were... | |
 | Archaeology - 1860 - 578 pages
...cause the survey to be made, that there was not a single hide or rood of land, nor, adds the writer, it is shameful to relate that which he thought no...to do, was there an ox or a cow or a pig passed by, that was not set down in the accounts, and then all these writings were brought to him.8 We shall scarcely... | |
 | George Tate - Alnwick (England) - 1866 - 522 pages
...single hide nor a rood of land nor—it is shameful to relate that which he thought no shame to do—was there an ox, or a cow, or a pig passed by, and was not set down in the accounts." This was Doomsday Book, a valuable record giving information not... | |
 | 1869 - 400 pages
...land, (quarter-acre), nay, moreover, (it is shameful to tell, though he thought it no shame to do it,) was there an ox, or a cow, or a pig, passed by that was not set down in the accounts. And all the particulars were afterwards brought to him." The... | |
 | Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) - Great Britain - 1873 - 476 pages
...[William the Conqueror] cause the survey to be made, that there was not a single hide, nor a rood of land, nor — it is shameful to relate that which he thought...— was there an ox, or a cow, or a pig passed by, that was not set down in the accounts, and then all those writings were brought to him."* From Doomsday... | |
 | United States - 1877 - 994 pages
...survey to be made, that there was not a single hide !. nor — it is shameful to relate that which he t no shame to do— was there an ox, or a cow, or a pig 1 by, that was not set down in the accounts ; and then e »Tilings were brought to him.' " r «Tiler,... | |
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So very narrowly did he cause the survey to be made that there was not a single hide nor a rood of land, nor — it is shameful to relate that which he thought no shame to do — was there an ox or a cow or a pig passed by that was not set down in the... 
