▁In ▁ 1 7 5 3 ▁he ▁was ▁approached ▁by ▁Philip ▁Carter et ▁Web b ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁trans cript ▁from ▁Dom es day ▁Book ; ▁this ▁he ▁did , ▁and , ▁perhaps ▁in ▁return ▁for ▁Web b ’ s ▁help ▁in ▁raising ▁aw aren ess ▁of ▁Dom es day ’ s ▁importance , ▁wa ived ▁the ▁usual ▁fee ▁– ▁two ▁years ▁later ▁Web b ’ s ▁paper ▁on ▁the ▁Book ▁was ▁read ▁to ▁the ▁Society ▁of ▁Anti qu aries ▁of ▁London . ▁ ▁In ▁later ▁life ▁Far ley ▁was ▁to ▁produce ▁the ▁first ▁printed ▁edition ▁of ▁Dom es day ▁Book , ▁which ▁was ▁then ▁much ▁in ▁demand . ▁Following ▁a ▁Parliament ary ▁order ▁in ▁ 1 7 6 7 , ▁Far ley ▁was ▁appointed ▁co - editor ▁of ▁the ▁Dom es day ▁printing ▁project ▁in ▁ 1 7 7 0 , ▁alongside ▁Charles ▁Mort on ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁Museum . ▁ ▁In ▁his ▁Liter ary ▁A ne cdot es ▁of ▁the ▁E igh teenth ▁Century , ▁the ▁printer ▁John ▁Nich ols ▁remarked ▁that ▁Mort on ▁and ▁Far ley ’ s ▁relationship ▁was ▁character ised ▁by ▁rival ry ▁and ▁m istr ust . ▁Far ley , ▁whom ▁Nich ols ▁called ▁" of ▁all ▁men ▁the ▁proper est ▁person ▁for ▁so ▁important ▁a ▁trust ", ▁due ▁to ▁his ▁" long ▁and ▁int imate ▁acquaint ance ▁with ▁the ▁original ▁record ", ▁evidently ▁considered ▁himself ▁best ▁fitted ▁to ▁produce ▁the ▁land mark ▁work . ▁Far ley ▁eventually ▁cut ▁Mort on ▁out ▁altogether , ▁pressing ▁ahead ▁with