Rewarding Followers Flashcards
Did William completely replace all the Anglo Saxon Earls with Normans?
No. He wanted to keep the peace so allowed some Saxon Nobles to keep their land as long as they were loyal to him
Give examples of Saxons who kept their titles
Edwin and Morcar
Gospatric, Earl of Northumbria
Archbishops Stigand and Ealdred
What do William promise Edwin
That he could marry William’s daughter
How did William pay his mercenaries?
With a heavy Geld tax
What did William do with all the land in England
Declared that it belonged to him
What was the importance of William declaring that all the land in England belonged to him?
Bought loyalty as he was free to take away and grant land to whoever he pleased
Give examples of Normans who were given land as a reward
Odo, William’s half brother- Kent
William FitzOsbern, trusted adviser- Isle of Wight and Hampshire
Robert Montgomery- Essex, Sussex and Shrewsbury
