DeWese--Lessons for the Second Millennium

Lesson #4: This taught us that it's not a sale until you cash the check. And there's no better feeling than cashing the check.

Moving ahead to 1086, William I sent agents to compile the "Domesday Book," an inventory of all the land in England. The book recorded the owners and value of all the land, so that taxes could be levied and collected by William I.