The end of English aristocracy
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Who did William initially envisage to rule alongside with?
The Anglo-Saxon aristocracy
Who were allowed to keep their earldoms?
Edwin and Morcar
What did William promise Edwin?
His daughter's hand in marriage
On what two conditions were thegns allowed to keep their lands?
If they had not fought in the Battle of Hastings and they had to buy them back at a price
When was the hight point of aristocratic co-operation?
Spring 1068
What happened in spring 1068?
William's wife, Matilda, was crowned queen at Westminster Abbey
Who attended the queen's coronation as seen by the royal charter witness list?
Archbishops Ealdred and Stigand, Edwin, Morcar, William fitzOsbern and Roger of Montgomery
Who fled shortly after the royals charter was signed?
William and Morcar
What led to a dramatic shift in William's treatment of the native aristocracy?
The English refused to accept defeat and the resultant rebellions
How many tenants-in-chief were English according to the Domesday survey?
13/1000
How many subtenants were English according to the Domesday survey?
Roughly 10% of 8000
What was the original size of thegnly class that had now vanished?
4000-5000
What were the Normans now in control of?
The smallest village up to the greatest lordship