The following texts and images were kindly provided by Tony Ham of Ohio USA.
Tony is a descendant of Joseph and Anne HAM who both died in the 1740's.
From tything and other records, it is believed the family farm was somewhere between
East Brent and Brent Knoll in Burton Row?

If anyone would like to provide a translation from Latin to English? Or enlarge on this early history of our village,
 I am sure that beside myself and Tony, many interested visitors to this page will be very thankful!

THIS IS AN EXTRACT FROM THE DOMESDAY BOOK FOR BRENT, SOMERSET

FORMERLY KNOWN AS BRENTEMERSE

The church itself holds BRENT [East Brent and Brent Knoll]. TRE it paid geld for 20 hides. There is
land for 30 ploughs. Of this 4 hides are in demesne, and there are 8 ploughs and 5 slaves; and 50
villans and 47 bordars with 16 ploughs, and 20 acres of meadow. To the abbot it is worth 50l. Of these
20 hides Roger holds of the abbot 1 hide; Ralph 5 virgates; Ælfric 5 virgates; Godwine 1½ hides.
Those who held them of the abbot TRE could not be separated from the church. In demesne are 4
ploughs with 1 slave; and 3 villans and 5 bordars and 10 cottars with 3 ploughs. Among them it is
worth 4l10s. Walscin holds of the abbot EDINGWORTH. A thegn held it TRE, and could not be
separated from the church, and it paid geld for 2 hides. There is land for 5 ploughs. In demesne are 2
ploughs and 4 slaves; and 4 villans and 5 bordars and 5 cottars with 4 ploughs. It is worth 40s.
Erneis...
 

The Domesday Book (also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey of England completed in 1086, executed for William I of England. The survey was similar to a census by a government of today. William needed information about the country he had just conquered so he could administer it. While spending Christmas of 1085 in Gloucester, William "had deep speech with his counsellors and sent men all over England to each shire ... to find out ... what or how much each landholder had in land and livestock, and what it was worth." (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle)

One of the main purposes of the survey was to find out who owned what so they could be taxed on it, and the judgment of the assessors was final—whatever the book said about who owned the property, or what it was worth, was the law, and there was no appeal. It was written in Latin, although there were some vernacular words inserted for native terms with no previous Latin equivalent and the text was highly abbreviated. The name Domesday comes from the Old English word dom, meaning accounting or reckoning. Thus domesday, or doomsday, is literally a day of reckoning, meaning that a lord takes account of what is owed by his subjects. Medieval Christians believed that in the Last Judgment as recorded in Revelation, Christ would carry out a similar accounting of one's deeds—hence the term doomsday also referred to this eschatological event.

In August 2006, a complete online version of Domesday Book was made available for the first time by the UK's National Archives.

The above taken from the pages of Online Wikepedia.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesday_Book