Mr K. Norman Sept 2008 How did William and the Normans keep control? - Domesday and the Feudal System Teacher: have you remembered to print off the Domesday Information sheet for the land of Earl Roger?

Mr K. Norman Sept 2008 Starter – what can we see in this source? How do we know what a village looked like THEN?

Mr K. Norman Sept 2008 How could a King like William keep control ? Have a tough Army Have strong castles Have the Church, and God, on your side Terrorise the people Know everything about the country. Can you think of any more? Good people working for you Have a good plan Bribe locals on your side

Mr K. Norman Sept 2008 He needed to know everything about the country: to collect all the tax information in a book – the Domesday book - & give land only to his friends in “the Feudal System”

Mr K. Norman Sept 2008 He sent a team of top Monks and Investigators around asking questions and writing everything down in the “Domesday book”. This book still exists, in London. You can go and see it. They got to Ibstock in 1087.

Mr K. Norman Sept 2008 What does the Domesday book tell us today about life a thousand years ago?

Mr K. Norman Sept 2008 Can we understand ANY of this ? !

Mr K. Norman Sept 2008 Write down some of the words we have learnt…..

Mr K. Norman Sept 2008 Page 20 in Medieval Realms. Investigator Old Peasant Woman Child

Mr K. Norman Sept 2008 Look closely at the picture on page 20 – in pairs you are going to be given a “character” from the picture. You are going to think hard about what they might have been thinking when the Domesday Surveyors came around asking their questions. Norman investigator Peasant man peasant woman Child looking on Ingulf

Mr K. Norman Sept 2008 Guess how much the whole of England was worth in 1087 ? £ 3,500,000 Brainy students please note: “£” is a fancy letter “L” for “Librae” or pound in LATIN, so we STILL use the same money they used in Domesday! It meant a pound in weight of silver pennies.

Mr K. Norman Sept 2008 The English view of the Domesday Book. Source A “The King had much thought and very deep speech with his council about this land, how it was settled and with what manner of men. He then sent his men over all England. So very closely did he let it be searched out that there was no land, nor even – it is a shame to tell, though it seemed to him no shame to do – an ox, nor a cow, nor a pig that was not set down in his writing.” The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, December 1085

Mr K. Norman Sept 2008 The Norman view of the Domesday Book “In William’s twentieth year, he sent the most honest men in his court around the country. They made a written survey of the land. A second group went around afterwards, who were strangers to the neighbourhood.” Written in 1086 by Bishop Robert of Hereford.

Mr K. Norman Sept 2008 The Book showed that: (Make a chart from these figures for 1086) William owned 20 % of England himself. He had given 50 % to great Norman Barons who served him – and he could take it away. This was FEUDAL system. The Church owned 25 %. A few English Lords who promised to serve William owned 5 %. Put in a sentence – what did the book show had happened to England in the twenty years since the invasion in 1066? A different King – 1 tick The King still in charge with 20% - 2 nd tick Normans had taken most of the land – 3 nd tick The Church still there at 25% - 4 th tick Only a few English Lords hanging on – 5 th tick One tick per % mentioned and another tick per name of a group mentioned.

Mr K. Norman Sept 2008 So, let us now investigate what happened after 1066 in Leicestershire. To whom did William give Ibstock?

Mr K. Norman Sept 2008 William distributed the land between his reliable friends….. He gave a large part of Leicestershire to Roger, Count (Earl) of Meulan. This included IBSTOCK. Task : why would William do this? (Understanding causes is level 6 work)

Mr K. Norman Sept 2008 The Counts of Meulan The first Count Meulan (Roger de Beaumont) was William’s second cousin as well as being the most powerful Lord in Normandy. (They had the same great- grandad.) He lent 60 ships to the invasion force to help his cousin. He was represented by young Robert, his 17 year old son, at the Battle of Hastings. The new King William then gave Count Roger ninety villages in Warwick, Leicester, Wiltshire and Northampton as a reward for helping him invade. He was nicknamed Barbatus – which is Latin for “bearded”. Count Roger died in 1082, and William gave his lands and title of Count to his young son, Robert ( ) - the one who had fought at Hastings. By the taking of the Domesday survey in 1087, it was young Robert who was the second Count of Meulan. Young Robert de Beaumont, was so successful as the French Count of Meulan that he was given other English titles by his cousin William; he became the 1st Earl of Warwick, and the Earl of Leicester. Task : how do we know the two men were close to William? This kind of work is SECURE (deductions and reasons) We know they were close because : (one tick) They were 2 nd cousins. (second tick) They lent him 60 ships (third tick) and their 17 yr old son fought for him at Hastings. (fourth tick) He gave them land and titles. 90 villages – Earl? (fifth tick)

Mr K. Norman Sept 2008 Roger de Beaumont - the 1 st Count of Meulan. Died in nd cousin of William. Sent his son to fight at Hastings. Lent 60 ships to William to help invade England. In return, William gave him LOTS of land, including Ibstock. He appears near William on the Bayeux Tapestry. Robert de Beaumont, the 2 nd Count of Meulan Fought at Hastings. William gave him Roger’s lands. Made Earl of Leicestershire and Warwickshire. Owned Ibstock in the Domesday book survey of How do we know that these two men were close to William?

Mr K. Norman Sept 2008 We actually have a picture of old Count Roger (the Bearded one), who appears ONCE in the Bayeux Tapestry!

Mr K. Norman Sept 2008 Can you spot old Roger, Count of Meulan, owner of Ibstock, “Barbatus” (the bearded one”)? Here Duke William, his half brother Bishop Odo and Roger of Meulan are feasting in Normandy with three other guests. There is one servant. Which is which? This skill is called “interpreting evidence”

Mr K. Norman Sept 2008 Count Roger seems to be elbowing his cousin William the Conqueror out of the way to get hold of some more food !! William must have liked him! Handy hint – the word “Count” is from the Normans, it means Lord. The word “EARL” is a Viking English word. It used to be JARL. (YARL) It means the same.

Mr K. Norman Sept 2008 Roger Duke William Bishop Odo

Mr K. Norman Sept 2008 Roger de Beaumont, Count of Meulan, “barbatus” – meaning BEARDED in Latin. He was the owner of Ibstock.

Mr K. Norman Sept 2008 Meulan is near PARIS !

Mr K. Norman Sept 2008 Roger came over with William at the Conquest.

Mr K. Norman Sept 2008 Old Roger had 6,135 acres in Leicestershire. He evicted 9 old English tenants and replaced them with new reliable Normans. He kept 2 old English ones. Turold of Aylestone 360 acres English Wulfnoth of Aylestone 480 acres William of Blaby 240 acres Ralph of Whetstone 180 acres Robert of Peatling and Bruntingthorpe 1,980 acres Fulk of Claybrooke 960 acres Robert of Plotley and Shawell 1,560 acres Ralph of Bagworth 1080 acres English Ingulf of Ibstock 720 acres Ralph of Kilworth 555 acres We call this system “the Feudal System”, because FEUDUM means a piece of land. Why would William & the Norman Lords really like the Feudal system?

Mr K. Norman Sept 2008 Roger’s places in Warwickshire Arlescote, Anstey, Avon Dassett, Barnacle, Bedworth, Bericote, Berkswell, Bourton on Dunsmore, Bulkington, Charlecote, Claverdon, Compton Verney, Fenny Compton, Frankton, Fulbrook, Hillmorton, Hodnell, Ilmington, Kington, Ladbroke, Lillington, Luddington, Marston Jabbett, Milverton, Moreton Morrell, Myton, Napton on the Hill, Newbold Comyn, Oversley, Preston Bagot, Roundhill, Seckington, Sherborn, Shilton, Shuckborough, Shuttington, Smercore, Snitterfield, Sole End, Tachbrook Mallory, Thurlsaston, Walton, Warmington, Weddington, Weston in Arden, Wibtoft, Willey, Wolford, Woodcote, Wormleighton, Dorsington,

Mr K. Norman Sept ,135 acres belonging to the Count Roger in Leicestershire.

Mr K. Norman Sept 2008 IBSTOCK in 1087 INGULF (an Englishman!) rents the whole village from the Count of Meulan. (A Norman lord). There are six units of land, or CARUCATES (about 720 acres) The Count’s farm has one plough (25% of the land in the village – 180acres) The other three quarters of the land (worth three ploughs) is split between 10 SOKEMEN (free men) and 11 BORDARS (poor peasants – about 25 acres each). The village used to be worth five shillings (25p) before The village is now worth (1086) forty shillings. (2.00) The village is part of Bagworth estate. Why might the Englishman Ingulf be renting the village 20 years after the Normans defeated the English at Hastings ? Why is he working with the invading Normans? How many people in the village: How many adult men are mentioned in total? …… multiply that by 10 to get an approximate population. (no one counted women & children!) What had happened to the village in the 20 years between 1066 & 1086?

Mr K. Norman Sept 2008 You have been : “deducing from evidence at EXCEEDING “ explaining why things happened at EXCEEDING “ recognising points of view at EXCEEDING Can you give an example of each of these?