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Why did William the Conqueror have the Domesday Book made?
- aTo record the towns and villages of England, who owned the land and what animals they hadCorrect answer
- bTo write down the laws that the king himself had to obey, as agreed with his barons
- cTo list the soldiers who died at Hastings, so that their families could be helped
- dTo set out the rules for a new Parliament that would meet each year in London
Why?
William sent people across England to list its towns and villages, the people, the landowners and their animals. The book still exists and shows what England was like soon after the Norman Conquest.
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