''Nomina Villarum'' was a survey carried out in 1316 and contains a list of all cities, boroughs and townships in

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and the Lords of them. The document was compiled for

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. The survey was a feudal aid, a payment which by tradition the king could demand from his tenants to finance the knighting of his eldest son or the marriage of his eldest daughter and was in effect, a taxation on land. The name of the document is mediaeval

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for "Names of towns" — ''villa'', originally meaning a country house, later developed the meaning "town" or "small city".

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14th-century Latin books 14th-century documents Demographics of England 14th-century manuscripts Censuses in the United Kingdom Taxation in medieval England 1316 in England {{england-stub