Rewarding Followers

• After the submission of the Earls, William got to work on further establishing control

  Rewarded those who had helping him in the Battle of Hastings
• Understood that he needed to keep important Anglo-Saxons on his side so he did this by rewarding them as well

  Rewarded through letting them keep their roles in government
• Crowned where Edward the Confessor was to gain the support of the Anglo Saxons as they adored Edward
• Promised Edwin could marry his daughter which would have made Edwin more powerful in the new kingdom if it had happened

  Mad because he didn't get to marry the daughter
• He paid people to join the invasion with the promise of land and had hired mercenaries from all along the coast of north-west England with the promise of money
• Declared that as King he owned all the land and then gave it out to who he wanted