

He also built Peveril Castle at Castleton in Derbyshire. 1115), granted over a hundred manors in central England from the king, forming the Honour of Peverel, in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, including Nottingham Castle. They became the Honour of Blyth (later renamed the Honour of Tickhill). 1099), granted 86 manors in Nottinghamshire, 46 in Yorkshire, and others in Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Devon. He is seated next to King William on the Bayeux Tapestry. He fought at the Battle of Hastings and as 2nd Earl of Cornwall he was one of the greatest landholders in England.

1028 - 1087), the first Norman King of England (after the Battle of Hastings in 1066 AD) and he was Duke of Normandy from 1035.

The Domesday Book of 1086 AD lists (in the following order) King William the Conqueror's tenants-in-chief in Snotinghscire (Nottinghamshire), following the Norman Conquest of England: Cover of the Winchester Domesday Book of the 12th century
