William establishing control in England
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- Created on: 01-01-18 09:31
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- William establishing control in England
- Rewards Anglo-Saxons
- Edwin and Morcar keep their Earldoms
- They are slightly smaller than before
- Edwin promised William's daughter in marriage
- But, this never actually happens
- Gospatric made Earl of Northumbria
- William was essentially paid by Gospatric for the earldom
- Everyone who fought against William lost their land
- The land lost goes to Norman followers of William
- Edwin and Morcar keep their Earldoms
- Submission of the Earls
- Why did Edgar Aething, Edwin and Morcar submit without a fight?
- William had control of the royal treasury so Edgar had very little to reward and offer his followers
- William's march around London may have threatened to cut the city off from supplies
- England's best warriors had died at the Battle of Hastings
- Did the surviving English nobles believe William's victory was God's will?
- Edgar and the other Earls could not agree about the decision to take on whether to fight William or not
- Why did Edgar Aething, Edwin and Morcar submit without a fight?
- The march to London
- After the Battle of Hastings, William and his men marched to London
- In London, the WITAN chose Edgar as Harold's successor, but they did not attack William at Dover
- William led his army on a form of harrying though South-East England
- Individual Towns and Villages surrendered
- Controlling the borderlands
- William created the marcher earldoms: Hereford, Shrewsbury and Chester
- The marcher earls had special rights
- Build castles as they wish
- Did not have to pay tax on their land, so could invest it in defence
- Had total control of the land - unlike others, where the Sheriffs had some of the control
- Could create new towns to promote Norman colonisation
- The marcher earls had special rights
- William would reward the Marcher Earldoms to his most loyal followers
- The earldoms were for protection against invasions and attacks from Wales
- Wales had links to the Vikings so had deals that they could have bases there in order to prepare for attacks and raids
- The earldoms were for protection against invasions and attacks from Wales
- William created the marcher earldoms: Hereford, Shrewsbury and Chester
- Rewards Anglo-Saxons
- Rewarding followers
- He sent lavish gifts to people like the pope from the English treasury
- Set a heavy geld tax to pay for his mercenaries
- He declared that all land in England belonged to him, and so he could reward it as he wished to his followers
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