Knowledge Organiser: William I in Power: Securing the Kingdom, 1066-1087.

William had won the Battle of Hastings in Chronology: what happened on these dates? Vocabulary: define these words 1066 and destroyed the power of the 1066 William crowned King of England on 25th December 1066. All land forfeited to the new Submission Formal acceptance of and surrender Godwinsons. However, it would take many king. to authority. more years before William could feel Changes in Landownership – A landholding revolution where the Normans replaced 1066-87 March An Anglo-Saxon term for border. secure as the King of England. Anglo-Saxons as landholders. Summarise your learning When one country encourages the Revolt of Earls Edwin and Morcar – Anglo-Saxon Earls revolt against the tyranny of 1068 Colonisation migration of its people to another William I but are defeated in 1071. country. To gain control of England, Rebellions in the North – A series of rebellions in the North supported by Edgar The mound of earth that the castle 1069 Motte William needed to gain the Aethling, Malcom III and King Sweyn of Denmark. stood on. support of important Topic 1: Anglo-Saxon Earls, reward Establishing the loyalty of the Normans Harrying of the North – A campaign of total destruction of the North including burning The outer part of the castle Control and establish control of 1069-70 crops and killing livestock to make life impossible in the region and to prevent further Bailey surrounding the motte and protected the borderlands from the rebellion. by a fence or wall. threat of invasion. Anglo-Saxon resistance to William’s rule grew as The governor of a castle and its Hereward the Wake and rebellion at Ely – A rebellion by the Danish and rebel thegn many lost their power and 1070-71 Castellan surrounding lands (castlery); its lord Topic 2: Hereward the Wake in East Anglia. land to the Normans. or a steward of the local lord. Anglo-Saxon William faced many resistance, An archaic (old) word meaning to lay rebellions but was able to 1075 Revolt of the Earls – A rebellion against William by Norman and Anglo-Saxon Earls. Harrying 1068-71. waste to something, to devastate it. defeat them and imposed strict control over A deliberate and organised attempt William orders the Domesday Book survey to record all landholding in England and to 1085 Genocide to exterminate an entire group of rebellious areas. compare land production to 1066. To prevent further people. Topic 3: resistance and rebellion ‘To hold’ in Latin. It is a short, but The legacy William used a variety of Who were these people? What were these events? Tenure precise, way of talking about of resistance economic, social, political landholding and landownership. to 1087. and military methods to Edwin & Edwin and Morcar were powerful Anglo-Saxon Earls. Edwin was the Earl of Northumbria Someone who held their land in enforce Norman control. Morcar from 1065-1071 and Morcar was the Earl of Mercia from 1062-71. The two brothers had Vassal return for services to their Norman William’s strict control of fought against Harald Hardrada as the Battle of Gate Fulford in 1066. They were also lord. England caused even part of the rebellions against William’s Rule in the years 1066-71. Norman Earls to Revolt Supporter of William I and made Earl of Northumbria in 1069. Robert Cumin launched Topic 4: To find ways for former enemies to against his rule in 1075. Robert Cumin attacks as part of the Harrying of the North but was violently killed by a group of Reconciliation Revolt of forgive each other. Although the rebellion was Northumbrians. the Earls, defeated, William needed 1075. The son of a Norman who had been rewarded with the Marcher Earldom Hereford in to be mindful of the Roger The historical term for a great man, 1066. Roger became Earl of Hereford in 1071 but resented the loss of land and privileges Magnate resentment of his own de Breteuil an important and influential figure. his father had once had and took part in the Revolt of the Earls in 1075. Earls. An Anglo-Saxon and son of Lord Siward. Waltheof became Lord of Northamptonshire in Cutting off someone from the Church Waltheof 1065. After the Battle of Hastings, Waltheof was part of the rebellions in the North in Excommunication community so that they are unable 1069 and the Revolt of the Earls in 1075. to confess their sins before they die. Ralph was the son of an Anglo-Norman. He became Earl of East Anglia in 1069 and Ralph de married the sister of Roger De Breteuil. He lead the Revolt of the Earls in 1075 and Gael plotted to overthrow William I.