Condition Of England

Question 1

Population of Doomsday England

Answer 1

Doomsday book recorded where people lived & who owned the land

Question 2

Furlongs

Answer 2

A measurement of land the king would lease

Question 3

The importance of wool

Answer 3

Britain made very good wool - the correct climate for sheep etc.

Question 4

Free-tenants

Answer 4

Could leave their leased land when the pleased

Question 5

Villeins

Answer 5

Couldn’t leave the land

Peasants

Question 6

Boon Work

Answer 6

Farming intensely around the harvest or owed work to the owner of the land

Question 7

Merchet

Answer 7

A fine paid when a peasant’s daughter marries

Question 8

Herriot

Answer 8

A fine paid when a son inherits his father’s land

Question 9

Demense

Answer 9

The kings land that he leases

Question 10

Manorial system

Answer 10

Boundaries : local scale feudal system

Question 11

Assarts

Answer 11

Cleared land : unowned

Question 12

The role of women

Answer 12

Women had to cook and clean and take care of children and the home

Question 13

Burgesses

Answer 13

Towns people

Question 14

Burgage

Answer 14

Tax on medieval goods

Question 15

Guild

Answer 15

Court for townspeople

Question 16

Fullers

Answer 16

Spin the wool

Question 17

Medieval coinage

Answer 17

Used to pay taxes and traded for foods

Question 18

13th century inflation

Answer 18

More people started using money and so more money circulated causes a rise in prices

Question 19

Peasants

Answer 19

Bottom of feudal system
Work the land
Pay taxes to nights