Knowledge Organiser: Norman England, 1066-88.

Following the Norman Conquest of 1066, William Chronology: what happened on these dates? Vocabulary: define these words introduced many social, political, economic, Archbishop Stigand replaced Lanfranc as the Archbishop of military and religious changes to Anglo-Saxon 1070 Barony The lands held by a baron from the king. Canterbury. England to secure his position on the throne. Summarise your learning Bishop Odo falls out of favour with William I and is imprisoned until Land held by a vassal in return for 1082 Fief 1087. service to a lord. Survey carried out to investigate and record landholding in England: William I introduced a strict The land that the king or a tenant kept who held what land, what taxes they owed the King and whether Topic 1: system of class hierarchy called 1085-6 Demesne for his own use rather than granting it as taxes should be raised. The results of the survey were completed by The Feudal Feudalism to England. This a fief to an under-tenant. August 1086 and drafted into the Domesday Book. system changed landholding in England and ensured all who held land William I dies after sustaining internal injuries during a riding 9th Sept To demonstrate allegiance to another were loyal to the King. accident as part of a raid into France. William names Robert Homage 1087 person publically. Curthose as heir to the Dukedom of Normandy. Archbishop Lanfranc introduced Topic 2: William Rufus crowned King of England at Westminster after many reforms to the Church of Sept The duty to work the lord’s land in Lanfranc and showing a letter from his father to Archbishop Lanfranc which Labour Service England to Normanise it and 1087 return for the use of their own land. The Church recommended him as the next King. enhance the power of the King. Bishop Odo leads a rebellion against William II in support of The duty to provide a mounted knight to 1088 Knight Service William I kept many of the Robert’s claim to the throne but is eventually forced to surrender. the king in exchange for a grant of land. Topic 3: sophisticated elements of the The punishment for not providing Norman Anglo-Saxon government but Forfeiture service to the lord. Land could be Government also introduced new laws to confiscated or a fine would be imposed. centralise his own power. A nationwide survey of landholdings in Domesday Book England. Topic 4: William I ordered a survey of all Domesday landholding in England in order Who were these people? What were these events? Survey to levy taxes and raise an army. The system of hierarchy in Norman The Norman aristocracy The last Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of Canterbury, Stigand was Topic 5: Archbishop Feudal System society where the King held the most developed their own culture to appointed by Edward the Confessor in 1052 but deposed by William Norman Stigand power. demonstrate their wealth, power in 1072 and replaced by Lanfranc. Aristocracy and superiority over the English. William I named Robert as heir Someone appointed to act for a king or Topic 6: An Italian monk who replaced Archbishop Stigand as the despite their strained Archbishop queen when they are underage, unable William I and Archbishop of Canterbury in 1072. Lanfranc was responsible for Regent relationship, but it would be Lanfranc to rule because illness or out of the his sons reforming the Church to strengthen Norman control of England. William who would become King. country. William I’s half brother by his mother, Herleva. Odo was a major supporter of William’s invasion of England and acted as William’s The act of process of making something Bishop Odo Normanisation co-regent, where he exercised much power, until he fell out of Norman. favour with William in 1082. The eldest son of William I and Matilda, born around 1051. Robert Nicknamed Robert ‘Curthose’ for his dumpy legs, he had a strained Curthose relationship with his father who did not believe he was strong enough to rule. Robert succeeded his father as Duke of Normandy. William I’s favourite son, nicknamed William ‘Rufus’ for his red hair William and cheeks. He succeeded his father as King of England after Rufus defeating the rebellion of Bishop Odo in 1088 and by sharing the rule Normandy with his brother Robert Curthose.