User:Ancestria/sandbox

Boldon Book 1138 states that William the Priest (Gulielmus Presbyter) held 40 acres and his son James held 60 acres at Greenwell Ford and he is considered, reasonably, to have been the progenitor of the Greenwell line in Durham. However this does not prove that it was a land grant from William the Conqueror, in fact I would consider it to be a small grant. I have read of grants from the church to its priests at this time and consider this to be more likely. Has anyone ever found any proof of a land grant to William the Priest from the Conqueror? I have not found anyone who has. Ancestria.