Domesday Book and Beyond: Three Essays in the Early History of England

part it is geographical, while in part it is feudal or proprietary. It

takes each county separately and thus far it is geographical; but within the boundaries of each county it arranges the lands under the names of the tenants in chief who hold them. Thus all the lands in Cambridgeshire of which Count Alan is tenant in chief are brought together, no matter that they lie scattered ab...