William in power

• What was the shire reeve


  To collect taxes and enfoce law
• Community law enforcement


  Tithing and hue and cry
• What was trail by ordeal

  the church would use gods interfernce to see if a person was guilty or not
• Examples of trail by ordeal


  Hot water cold water bread hot iron
• What was werguild 


  Compensation a criminal had to pay to the victims family for murdering them
• What is capital punishment


  Death penalty
• What is corporal punishment


  Punishments that cause harm or pain to the body
• When was capital punishment used


  Treason or arson
• How did William increase the kings power


  After the rebellions he destroyed large groups of people and farmlands
• what were Norman castles


  They showed Norman power and dicatorship over those subordinate to them
• what new law was created by William

  Forest law and murdrum fine
• What was the murdrum fine


  If a murderer wasn’t caught or punished the hundred had to pay a huge fine to william
• Why was the murdrum fine crested


  To stop the amount of revenge killings against the normans
• What was the forest laws


  Williams designated hunting land where it was illegal to carry we[on sand hunt or poach
• What was poaching


  illegal hunting on someone else’s land
• What illness did William and his men suffer from after the Battle of Hastings?

  Dysentery
• Who did the remaining English nobility choose as Harold's successor?

  Edgar Aethling
• Why did the English nobility not attack William at Dover?

  They were uncertain and chose not to act
• What did William do after recovering from dysentery?

  Led a brutal march through south-east England
• What did William destroy during his march?

  Homes and farms
• How did towns and villages respond to William's march?

  They surrendered out of intimidation
• Why did William choose to march round London instead of attacking directly?

  To avoid a direct confrontation
• Why did Edgar Aethling and the earls submit without a fight?

  William seized the royal treasury
• What threat did William's march pose to London?

  It threatened to cut off supplies
• What happened to England's best warriors?

  They died at the Battle of Hastings
• What did the surviving English nobles possibly believe about William's victory?

  It was God's will
• What could have been a reason for the English not attacking William at Dover?

  Disagreement among Edgar and the earls
• What did William promise his followers for their support?

  Great riches
• What did William send to the pope?

  Lavish gifts
• What tax did William set to pay his mercenaries?

  Heavy geld tax
• What did William declare about land in England?


  All land belonged to him
• What did William do with the land in England?

  Granted land and earldoms to followers
• Who were the first three Marcher earls?

  Hugh d’Avranches, William FitzOsbern, Roger de Montgomery
• What did Gospatric have to do to become earl of northern Northumbria?

  Pay William a lot of money
• What happened to everyone who fought against William?

  They lost their land
• Who received the land lost by those who fought against William?

  William and his followers
• What new earldoms did William create?

  Hereford, Shrewsbury, Chester
• Why did William create new earldoms?

  To protect the Marches with Wales
• What special rights and privileges did the Marcher earls have?

  • Create new towns for colonization
  • Total control over sheriffs
  • Exempt from land taxes
  • Freedom to build castles
• What were the consequences of William's victory at Hastings for the English nobility?

  • Loss of land for those who fought
  • Submission of remaining nobles
  • Redistribution of land to William's followers
  • Establishment of Norman control over England