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Domesday Book was a property survey, not a census of everyone in England.

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Text of Exeter Domesday Book of 1086, under the heading "The King's Demesne belonging to the kingdom in Devenesscira", for the manor later known as Molland-Bottreaux. Latin text: "Mollande tempore regis Edwardi geldabat pro iiii hidis et uno ferling. Terra est xl carucis. In dominio sunt iii carucae et x servi et xxx villani et xx bordarii cum xvi carucis. Ibi xii acrae prati et xv acrae silvae. Pastura iii leugae in longitudine et latitudine. Re
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Domesday Book records landholding, resources and property values in late eleventh-century England, not every person living there. William the Conqueror ordered the survey at Christmas 1085, and the investigation took place in 1086.

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