Questions

1. In which year did this meeting take place?
2. What was Brother Clericus?
3. Who was Ricoard?
4. Where did he live?
5. Describe his house and its defences.
6. What was the book called that all the facts about all the manors were put into? (It is mentioned in this book's Forward.)
7. How did the book get its name?
8. Where did Ricoard "come over" from ? In what famous year?
9. What does "fitz" in William-fitz-Ansculf mean?
10. What work did the reeve do?
11. What work did the tenants do for Ricoard?
12. How much of Birmingham was ploughed up - in acres?
13. Was the manor heavily wooded?
14. Draw a 'pie' to show how the manor land was divided - fields, woods etc.
15. What is a watermill?
16. What was 'waste' ? Why was so much land still waste?
17. Which four manors were Birmingham's neighbours? Say which county (shire) each one was in.
18. Who then owned most of the land that is now the City of Birmingham?
19. Which was a royal manor?
20. Why did most manors then have Norman lords?

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