securing Williams throne

changing feudal system

more power of king - oath of fealty = religious, more control over tenants e.g fees when died
replaced anglo saxons with normans - 1076 last earl Waltheof beheaded, 1096 all norman bisphorics, patronage
landholding more concentrated - nobody had too much, but less land owners

rebellion of norman earls

1075
Ralph de Gael and Roger de Breteuil
Philip of France encouraged

negotiations of land

if pledged loyalty could keep land
1067 distrubuted land to his barons
spread network or normans across englands

harrying of the north cause

nromans had been takign more land and tax
1068 edwin and morcar replaced
but rebellion kills new earl and 900 men

harrying of the north

salt in earth
burnt down villages etc
>100 000 deaths
9 years between york and durham uninhabited

hereward the wake

held a grudge against normans bc took land from father and kille dbrother
exiled at 18 1054 by edward

ely

marshland
east anglia
high ground

ely rebellion

sweyn of denmark sends fleet 1070 - believed had a claim to throne - makes allies
but leaves after peace deal with william leaving hereward with less alies
guerilla warfare
1071 william besieges isle of ely - failure bridge collapses
siege tower + bribes monks to direct
rebellion defeated but hereward escapes