A Third Reason Was Flashcards
A third reason was
Colonization
They
Brought in settlers and founded towns to consolidate their economic control of the region.
For example the
Marcher earls did this. William fotzosbern founded a new urban center at Hereford to the north of his castle there. He brought in his French Merchants,laid out a market and built a church.
Modeling
The new town on one of his other, Bretuil in France. Hugh dAvranches established a new center at ruddhlan too.
Furthermore the
Normans allies the Flemish did this. Wizo Flandrensis fe was granted land in pembrokeshire by Henry 1. The town Wizo, founded Wiston, still exists and so does the motte and Bailey he built.
Other towns
In the area are also named after their Flemish founders such as Rickston, named after Richard and Lammeston, named after Lambert
Therefore
It’s clear that another reason Norman’s were able to conquer wales was colonization of the region.