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NOTE1850

IS THE DOMBEC THE DOMESDAY OF ALFRED?

By GEORGE MUNFORD. (East Winch)

I beg to propose the following "Query": —Is the *Dombec*, a work referred to in the Laws of Edward the Elder, the same as what has been called the Domesday or Winchester Book of Alfred the Great? I incline to think that it is not, and shall be much obliged to any of your correspondents, learned in the Anglo-Saxon period of our history, who will give himself the trouble of resolving my doubts. Sir Henry Spelman, in his Glossary *voce Dombec*, calls it the *Liber Judicialis* of the Anglo-Saxons; and says it is mentioned in the first chapter of the laws of Edward the Elder, where the king directs…

Topics: Anglo-Saxon History, Medieval Law, Domesday Book, Historical Documents

Locations: Winchester, England, Wintoniam