Birmingham in the Domesday Book
| Birmingham appears in the Domesday Book among the lands belonging
to William Fitz Ansculf, a major local landholder based at Dudley
Castle. William was a Norman, but had settled in England before the
conquest. As this page also shows, there were still pockets of continued
Saxon landholding in the area around Birmingham, notably under Godmund
of Aston and Stannechetel of Witton. In the extract reproduced here,
it is stated that a man named Richard holds the land from William
Fitz Ansculf, who in turn holds it from the king. Wulfwin, the lord
of the manor under Edward the Confessor, had held the land in his
own right. Catalogue reference: E 31/2/2, f. 243r (1086) |
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