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Date: 28-10-1216/16-11-1272 Reference: E 36/284 Creator: Exchequer, and its related bodies, with those of the Office of First Fruits and Tenths, and the Court of Augmentations Catalogue context: Abbreviatio (abridgement) of Domesday Book, possibly compiled around 1241 in the scriptorium of Westminster abbey. At the beginning are two folios of illuminated scenes from the life and miracles of Edward the Confessor, and the folios for the first two counties (Kent and Sussex) include in the margins 19 illuminated portraits of main landholders in circular frames. These then cease, but there are some lovely decorated capitals in later margins, usually 'I' or 'R' at the beginning of sections for the king's land in a particular county. The one at the beginning of the Derbyshire section shows a man with a black face and curly hair, hanging from the foot of a large letter 'I'. In the text initial letters are frequently illuminated in gold, red and blue, and there are marginal annotations against a few entries. Another, later, abbreviation of Domesday is in E 164/1. Flyleaf: list of contents, 17th cent, and notes by Peter le Neve, temp Anne; Illuminated and rubricated throughout; fos 1v-3v Three full page il... Categories: Manuscripts Subjects: Domesday Book; Art, architecture and design; Crime; Europe and Russia; Landed estates; Race relations; Religions; Taxation Topics: Arts and culture; British state and citizens; Business, finance and innovation; Crime, courts and justice; International trade and affairs; Land and buildings; Religion Period: Medieval Copyright information: Copyright clearance for publication is not required, except in the case of documents in third-party copyright. Usage terms: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/use-of-tna-materials.pdf