landholding is how land is owned or rented

tenure is the conditions under which land is held

inheritance is land or other property that is passed on to an heir when someone dies

castelry is land under the control of a castle and used to support the castle

relief is a payment made by an heir to their overlord to be allowed to inherit a fief

Land and inheritance in Norman England

History

Anglo-Saxon kingship

Edward the Confessor, the Godwins and William of Normandy

Edward the Confessor's death and the claimants to the throne

Battle of Stamford Bridge

Battle of Hastings

Reasons for William's victory in 1066

The submission of London in 1066

Establishing control: new earls and earldoms

Establishing control: motte-and-bailey castles

Revolts against William I, 1067-1075

The Harrying of the North, 1069-70

William's consolidation of power

Key figures in the government of Norman England

The Norman feudal system

Domesday Book

Justice and the legal system in Norman England

Continuity and change in Norman government

Life in towns in Norman England

Life in villages in Norman England

The built environment of Norman England

Work and diet in Norman England

Changing laws in Norman England: Forest law

Daily life in Norman England

The Anglo-Saxon Church

Lanfranc's reforms

The king and the Church in Norman England

The Reform Papacy

Norman reforms of English monasticism

The Norman Church

In this unit, pupils study an aspect of British medieval history in depth. They learn about the social, economic, religious and political events that influenced the lives of those who lived in this period.

British Depth Study: Norman England, c1066–c1100

land or other property that is passed on to an heir when someone dies

land under the control of a castle and used to support the castle

Match the keywords to the correct definitions.

Which keyword describes a payment made by an heir to their overlord to be allowed to inherit a fief?

Who owned all the land in the Norman landholding system?

The system was not new and had been used by William in Normandy.

The system was brand new and had not been used by William in Normandy.

The system caused a huge change in how landholding in England worked.

The system caused no change in how landholding in England worked or who gained.

The system caused a huge change in who benefitted from landholding.

Which of the following are reasons why historians talk about a ‘tenurial revolution’ in Norman England?

land that could be granted to others for a set period

land specifically for supporting castles (castelries)

land that was previously owned by the Church

land that could only be passed on by inheritance

Which the following were types of tenure in Anglo-Saxon England?

Who was Harold Godwinson’s earldom of Wessex split between?

someone who granted land in return for service

a parcel of land given by an overlord to a vassal

to publicly submit and swear an oath of fealty (loyalty) to someone 

someone who provided a service to an overlord in return for land

Match the keywords to the correct definitions. 

Which keyword refers to a hierarchical social system where people receive land to live and work on from those higher than them, and in return have to work and fight for them? 

Select the missing words from this sentence: Holding land came with obligations such as paying {{}}, providing {{}} service or {{}} service.

Put the different levels of Anglo-Saxon social hierarchy in order, with 1 as the most powerful and 5 as the least powerful.

Put the different levels of Norman social hierarchy in order, with 1 as the most powerful and 4 as the least powerful.

It provided greater freedoms for peasants.

It provided regular sums of money to William.

It provided opportunities for William to show his piety.

It provided William with regular soldiers.

Why was the Norman hierarchy system important for maintaining William's authority?

Land and inheritance in Norman England

Lesson outcome