Table of Contents

List of maps, list of figures, abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 The Estates of the Earls; 3 The Largest Non-Earlish Estates; 4 Dependent Tenure and Relationships TRE; 5 The County of Cambridge TRE; 6 The Landholders and the Kingdom in the Time of King Edward; 7 Pre-Conquest Conditions Compared with those on the Continent; 8 Changes in Tenurial Patterns between 1066 and 1086. Appendix I Lands Assigned to the Earls; Appendix II Non-Earlish Lay Estates valued at over #40; Appendix III Secondary Sources Concerning the Earls

Reviews

'Peter A. Clarke's book deserves to be welcomed as the first extended treatment of its subject, and as a work which demonstrates how much can be learnt about landowning society in pre-Conquest England ... his more detailed discussion of these landholders constitutes the most interesting part of the book.'
Times Literary Supplement
`It contains many valuable insights'
Early Medieval Europe
`What the study is to be particularly valued for is he new perspective it provides on the major landowners who did not belong to the earlish families...Dr Clarke has marshalled much valuable material which will stimulate the asking of further questions'
The Antiquaries Journal
`In recreating even a rough picture, Clarke has performed a valuable service, especially since his appendices allow the reader to see the precise basis of his reconstructions and to discern the judgements that went into them.'
Albion
`The book is both interesting and useful.'
American Historical Review
`The first comprehensive analysis of the lay landholders recorded in Domesday Book.'
The Medieval World
`Clarke now makes a good proportion of the available evidence more accessible by bringing together in two massive appendices well over half the volume... Dr Clarke has provided a book that will be helpful to all interested in the comtinuing debates on the nature of late Anglo-Saxon society and the consequences of the Norman Conquest.'
English Historical Review