As I approach the end of a course that involved students looking at Domesday
records, I have as usual been bamboozled by questions I cannot answer. Has
anyone done any recent work on prebends held by cathedral canons?
Specifically, the question concerned a distinction between manors held "for
the use of the chapter" and lands that seemed to be in the hands of a
particular canon, for his own use. Is there an agreed-upon progression from
community possession to individual holdings? And if so, approximately when
did it occur?
Carolyn Schriber
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