Write down a description of what you can see and what is happening in the correct box

The ForestThe Fields The Manor House The Peasant's cottage

The village Square The Tithe Barn The ChurchThe watermill

Mr K Norman 2011 A trip around Hantone Village

Mr K Norman 2011 Out in the Fields There are three great fields, without any hedges. There is enough land to keep ten ploughs (6 oxen pulling a plough) busy for the whole year. 1

There is a wood three miles long and one and a half miles wide. It belongs to the Lord, and his peasants can collect firewood from it and graze their pigs. Anyone else who uses it is treated as a thief. Back to the village 2

3 In the fields shepherds watch the flocks of sheep and the peasants harvest the wheat – many of them are paid in cider ! Next picture

Mr K Norman 2011 First of all, the peasants plough the fields with teams of oxen. In this village, Edward has three plough teams working directly for him. There are another six plough teams in the village working for other people. 4 Next picture

Mr K Norman 2011 Then, another peasant “broad casts” seed by hand over the ground to plant it. There is enough land in the village to keep ten plough teams busy, though only nine are used. 5 Next picture

Mr K Norman 2011 At the end of the year all the peasants and their families help in the harvest. There are 9 slaves, plus families, 12 villeins, plus families, 15 bordars plus families. 6 Next picture

Mr K Norman 2011 The Village Cross and square 7 Back to the village In the village square, celebrations and festivities are held – in May, a huge party, dancing around the Maypole celebrates the coming of spring.

Mr K Norman Back to the village The Church is the centre of the village. The priest is the only man who can write – you have to pay him taxes, and he will make sure you go to heaven if you do what he tells you.

Mr K Norman 2011 The Tithe Barn 9 Back to the village The Tithe barn is where the crops paid in taxes to the Church are kept. They are huge stone buildings, to keep the corn dry. When they are empty, they are often used like a village Hall.

Mr K Norman 2011 Lord Edward of Salisbury, the Lord of the Manor’s House Lord Vlueen used to live here before the Battle of Hastings. The King was landlord to both of them and charged ten pounds of tax every year. It is the centre of a large estate, with many buildings. Can you see what the activities are ? 10 Next picture

Mr K Norman 2011 The Lord’s Watermill 11 Back to the village All the crops of the village are brought to Lord’s watermill to be ground into flour to make bread. Of course, he takes a cut to pay for it ! This is the most complicated machine in the village – the best technology. Some villagers who have gone on crusade are beginning to return and tell stories of mills powered by wind in Palestine.

12 Back to the village Inside the Manor House, the Lord and Lady of the Manor dine in state – They eat sat down, with everyone standing up and watching them. They own the whole village, and the Lord is the Judge if anyone breaks the law.

13 Next picture In winter, the peasants have to shelter in their huts away from the weather. What activities can you see ?

21 Back to the village At harvest time everyone has to pull together to bring in the crop – or they will starve in the winter. Look how they are dressed.

14 Next picture Here they broad-cast the seeds and harrow them into the soil.

15 Next picture Here the peasants plough the soil, harvest from fruit trees and dig up other crops.

Villager’s Huts 16 Next picture Here are different kinds of peasant huts.

Mr K Norman Back to the village More winter activities – what can you see ?

Mr K Norman 2011 Inside the hut 18 Next picture Inside a peasant hut – what can you see ?

19 Next picture Inside a peasant hut – what can you see ?

20 Back to the village Inside a peasant hut – what can you see ?

This is Robert, the Lord’s son. He can tell you what the village is worth and what it contains. If he can tear himself away from hitting his father’s geese with sticks. He is a very naughty Norman teenager ! He told the King’s inspectors what they wanted to know when they wrote the Domesday book on

The village in 1087 Edward of Salisbury holds HANTONE village from King William. Lord Vlueen had the village from King Edward. And it paid 10 pounds of tax then. There is enough land for ten plough teams in the whole village. Each plough can plough 100 acres. The Lord has 3 of these plough teams in his own farm and there are 9 slaves, 12 peasants (villeins) and 15 really poor peasants (bordars) who have 6 plough teams between them. There is a water mill worth one pound 70p and there are 12 acres of meadow. There is a wood three miles long and one and a half miles wide. Everything was worth ten pounds in the time of the last King, but now everything is worth twelve pounds. NOTE: each slave and peasant mentioned will have a family of perhaps 10 people living with him. Back to the village 22

Questions about the village Who owned the village before the Norman conquest, and who after ? ………………and then ……………… How much was the village worth, and how much now ? …………………………… and then …………………….. How many acres of plough land are there in the village altogether ? ………………………………. Acres How many acres of meadow are there for grazing cattle ? ………………………………………….. How big is the woodland for grazing pigs and collecting fuel ? ……………………………………… How many people live in the village ? (read the note at the bottom) ……………………………………….………. Why is the watermill important to the village ? ………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Why is the priest important to the village ? …………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Describe how the village fed itself ………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….