The

Domesday Book Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...

of 1086 AD lists (in the following order) King

William the Conqueror William I; ang, WillelmI (Bates ''William the Conqueror'' p. 33– 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first House of Normandy, Norman List of English monarchs#House of Norman ...

's tenants-in-chief in ''Derbyscire'' (

Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the nor ...

), following the

Norman Conquest The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, Breton, Flemish, and French troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conque ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

: * King William (c. 1028 - 1087), the first

Norman Norman or Normans may refer to: Ethnic and cultural identity * The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries ** People or things connected with the Norm ...

King of England (after the

Battle of Hastings The Battle of Hastings nrf, Batâle dé Hastings was fought on 14 October 1066 between the Norman-French army of William the Conqueror, William, the Duke of Normandy, and an English army under the Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godw ...

in 1066 AD) and he was

Duke of Normandy In the Middle Ages, the duke of Normandy was the ruler of the Duchy of Normandy in north-western Kingdom of France, France. The duchy arose out of a grant of land to the Viking leader Rollo by the French king Charles the Simple, Charles III in ...

from 1035. *

Bishop of Chester The Bishop of Chester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chester in the Province of York. The diocese extends across most of the historic county boundaries of Cheshire, including the Wirral Peninsula and has its see in the C ...

(St John) * Abbey of Burton (St Mary & St Modwen) * Earl Hugh of Chester (c. 1047 - 1101) contributed 60 ships to the invasion of England, but did not fight at the Battle of Hastings. * Roger de Poitou, his father Roger de Montgomery was one of William the Conqueror's main advisers. * Henry de Ferrers, served William the Conqueror and his successor King William II in administrative roles. *

William Peverel William Peverel († 28. January 1114), Latinised to Gulielmus Piperellus), was a Norman knight granted lands in England following the Norman Conquest. Origins Little is known of the origin of the William Peverel the Elder. Of his immediate f ...

(c. 1040 - c. 1115), granted over a hundred

manor Manor may refer to: Land ownership *Manorialism or "manor system", the method of land ownership (or "tenure") in parts of medieval Europe, notably England *Lord of the manor, the owner of an agreed area of land (or "manor") under manorialism *Man ...

s in central England from the king, forming the '' Honour of Peverel'', in

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The traditi ...

and Derbyshire, including Nottingham Castle. He also built

Peveril Castle Peveril Castle (also Castleton Castle or Peak Castle) is a ruined 11th-century castle overlooking the village of Castleton in the English county of Derbyshire. It was the main settlement (or ''caput'') of the feudal barony of William Peverel, kn ...

at Castleton in Derbyshire. *

Walter D'Aincourt Walter D'Aincourt (or Walter Deincourt or d'Eyncourt) was a landholder in Derby under King Edward the Confessor in 1065/1066. Later in 1066, he fought for William the Conqueror against Harold Godwinson and was rewarded with a large number of manor ...

, was connected by marriage to William the Conqueror and was awarded over 70 manors in the

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and

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. * Geoffrey Alselin * Ralph son of Hubert (FitzHubert), (1045 - 1086), son of Hubert de Corcun (Derei). * Ralph de Buron * Hascoit Musard de Bretagne, served in the Breton section of William the Conqueror's army at the Battle of Hastings and was granted 25 manors in 6 English counties. He established his family estate at

Staveley, Derbyshire Staveley is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. Located along the banks of the River Rother, South Yorkshire, River Rother. It is (5 miles) northeast of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Chesterfield, (5 miles) w ...

. *

Gilbert de Gant Gilbert de Gant (Giselbert de Gand, Ghent, Gaunt) (c. 1040 – 1095) was the son of Ralph, Lord of Aalst near Ghent, and Gisele of Luxembourg, the sister-in-law of Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders. Gilbert de Gant was a kinsman of Matilda of Fl ...

(

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), (c. 1048 - 1095), was related to William the Conqueror's wife. *Nigel de Stafford (1040 - ?), son of

Robert de Stafford Robert de Stafford ( 1039 – c. 1100) (''alias'' Robert de Tosny/Toeni, etc.) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman, the first feudal baron of Stafford in Staffordshire in England, where he built as his seat Stafford Castle. His many landholdings are li ...

of Belvoir Castle. * Robert Curthose (c. 1051 - 1134), son of William the Conqueror and succeeded him as Duke of Normandy in 1087 AD. *

Roger de Busli Roger de Busli (c. 1038 – c. 1099) was a Norman baron who participated in the conquest of England in 1066. Life Roger de Busli was born in or around 1038. His surname comes from the town now known as Bully (near Neufchâtel-en-Bray, mentioned ...

(c. 1038 - c. 1099), granted 86 manors in Nottinghamshire, 46 in Yorkshire, and others in Derbyshire,

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ...

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire t ...

and

Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devon is ...

. They became the Honour of Blyth (later renamed the Honour of Tickhill). David Hey, ''Medieval South Yorkshire'' *

King's Thanes In Anglo-Saxon England, thegns were aristocratic landowners of the second rank, below the ealdormen who governed large areas of England. The term was also used in Early Middle Ages, early medieval Scandinavia for a class of retainers. In medieva ...

Individual records of places in Derbyshire identify these additional tenants-in-chief: * Dunning and Stenulf of Sutton, lands in Callow * Edmund, lands in Lullington * Ernwy of Stanton, lands in Clowne, Ingleby and Stanton-by-Bridge * Healfdene of Cromwell, manor of Vlvritune * Leofwin of Aston, lands in Coal Aston and Handley * Osmund Benz, lands in Cellesdene, Cottons, Denby, Ilkeston, Osmaston and Sandiacre * Toli of Sandiacre, lands in Ilkeston and Sandiacre In the Domesday Book, Derbyshire was divided into the 6 wapentakes of Apultre, Hamestan, Littlechirch, Morlestan, Scarvedale, and Walecross, and a district called Peche-fers ( Peak Forest). {, class="wikitable" !Tenant-in-Chief !Lands , - , King William , Alsop-en-le-Dale, Ashbourne, Ashford-in-the-Water, Aston, Aston-on-Trent, Bakewell, Barlow, Barrow-upon-Trent, Baslow, Beeley, Birchills, Blackwell, Bonsall, Boythorpe, Bretby, Brimington, Broadlowash, Bubnell, Burley, Burton, Callow, Calver, Carsington, Charlesworth, Chatsworth, Chellaston, Chesterfield, Chilcote, Chisworth and Higher Chisworth, Chunal, Clifton Campville, Cold Eaton, Conksbury, Cotes, Cottons, Cromford, Darley, Derby, Dronfield, Eckington, Edale, Edingale, Eyam, Farley, Fenny Bentley, Flagg, Great Longstone, Greyhirst, Hadfield, Hanson Grange, Hassop, Hayfield, Higher and Lower Dinting, Hognaston, Holme, Hope, Hopton, Ible, Ingleby, Kidsleypark, Killamarsh, Kinder, Kirk Ireton, Langley, Litchurch, Little Chester, Longdendale, Ludworth, Mapleton, Mapperley, Marsh?, Matlock, Matlock Bridge, Measham, Melbourne, Middleton, Milton, Monyash, Muchedeswelle, Nether and Over Haddon, Newbold and Upper Newbold, Newton Solney, Normanton, Norton and Little Norton, Offcote, Offerton, Old Glossop, Old Tupton, Old Whittington, One Ash, Osmaston, Padfield and Little Padfield, Padinc, Parwich, Priestcliffe, Quarndon, Rauenesholm, Repton, Rocester, Rosliston, Rowland, Rowsley, Shardlow, Shatton, Sheldon, Smalley, Snitterton, Stoke, Stoney Middleton, Swarkestone, Taddington, Tansley, Tapton, Temple Normanton, Thornsett, Thorpe, Tibshelf, Ticknall, Tideswell, Totley, Trangesbi, Unstone, Upton, Walton, Walton-on-Trent, Welledene, Wensley, Weston-on-Trent, Whitfield, Willesley, Wingerworth, Wirksworth , - , Bishop of Chester (St John) , Bupton, Draycott, Hopwell, Long Eaton, Sawley , - , Abbey of Burton (St Mary & St Modwen) , Appleby Magna, Bearwardcote, Caldwell, Coton-in-the-Elms, Dalbury, Findern, Hilton, Hoon, Littleover, Mickleover, Potlocks, Rodsley, Snelston, Stapenhill, Stretton, Sudbury, Sutton-on-the-Hill, Ticknall, Winshill , - , Earl Hugh of Chester , Allestree, Kniveton, Mackworth, Markeaton , - , Roger de Poitou , Beighton, Blingsby, Hardstoft, Lowne, Stainsby, Sutton Scarsdale, Tunstall , - , Henry de Ferrers , Alkmonton, Arleston, Ashe, Aston, Aston-on-Trent, Atlow, Barrow-upon-Trent, Barton Blount, Bearwardcote, Bentley, Birchover, Bolun, Boylestone, Bradbourne, Bradley (Appletree), Bradley (Morleystone), Brailsford, Brassington, Breadsall, Breaston, Bupton, Burnaston, Catton, Chaddesden, Chellaston, Church Broughton, Cottons, Cowley, Croxall, Dalbury, Donisthorpe, Doveridge, Duffield, Eaton Dovedale, Edensor, Edingale, Edlaston, Elton, Etwall, Fenton, Foston, Gratton, Great and Little Cubley, Harthill, Hartington, Hartshorne, Hatton, Herdebi, Hilton, Holbrook, Hollington, Hoon, Ireton, Ivonbrook Grange, Kedleston, Linton, Little Longstone, Ludwell, Makeney, Marston-on-Dove, Marston Montgomery, Mercaston, Mickleover, Middleton, Milford, Morley, Muchedeswelle, Mugginton, Nether or Over Seal, Newton Grange, Norbury, Normanton, Osleston. Osmaston (Appletree), Osmaston (Litchurch), Pilsbury, Pilsley, Radbourne, Rocester, Rodsley, Roston, Sapperton, Scropton, Sedsall, Shirley, Shottle, Sinfin, Snelston, Soham, Somersal, Spondon, Stanton, Stanton-in-Peak, Stenson, Stretton-en-le-Field, Sturston Hall and Nether Sturston, Sudbury, Sutton-on-the-Hill, Swarkestone, Thulston, Thurvaston, Tissington, Trusley, Twyford, Wallstone, Willesley, Winster, Wormhill, Wyaston, Yeaveley, Yeldersley, Youlgrave , - , William Peverel , Abney, Bolsover, Bradwell, Castleton, Codnor, Esnotrewic, Glapwell, Great and Little Hucklow, Hazelbadge, Heanor, Langley, Litton, Shirland, Smithycote, South Normanton, South Wingfield, Ufton, Watrefeld , - , Walter D'Aincourt , Elmton, Holmesfield, Morton, Nether and Upper Pilsley, North Wingfield, Ogston, Old Brampton, Old Tupton, Owlcotes, Stony Houghton, Wadshelf, Wessington, Williamthorpe , - , Geoffrey Alselin , Alvaston, Ambaston, Breaston, Ednaston, Egginton, Elvaston, Etwall, Hollington, Hulland, Ockbrook, Thulston , - , Ralph son of Hubert (FitzHubert) , Ashover, Ballidon, Bamford, Barlborough, Barrow-upon-Trent, Beighton, Boulton, Clifton, Clowne, Crich, Duckmanton and Long Duckmanton, Eckington, Egstow, Harthill, Hathersage, Ingleby, Kirk Langley, Lea, Middle Nether and West Handley, Mosborough, Nether and Upper Hurst, Newton, Offerton, Ogston, Palterton, Pentrich, Ripley, Scarcliffe, Shuckstone, Stoney Middleton, Stretton, Tansley, Tunstall, Ufton, Werredune, Wessington, Whitwell, Willington, Wirksworth , - , Ralph de Buron , Denby, Hallam, Herdebi, Horsley, Weston Underwood , - , Hascoit Musard de Bretagne , Great Barlow, Holme, Killamarsh, Old Brampton, Staveley, Wadshelf , - , Gilbert de Gant (Ghent) , Breaston, Ilkeston, Little Hallam, Shipley, Stanton-by-Dale , - , Nigel de Stafford , Donisthorpe, Drakelowe, Foremark, Hearthcote, Ingleby, Oakthorpe, Ravenstone, Smisby, Stapenhill, Swadlincote, Ticknall, Trangesbi , - , Robert Curthose , Stanley , - , Roger de Busli , Alfreton, Beighton, Bramley Vale, Breaston, Dore, Norton and Little Norton, Risley, Rowthorne

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Domesday Book tenants-in-chief History of Derbyshire Towns and villages of the Peak District Former populated places in Derbyshire Derbyshire-related lists

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