Norman stats

Question 1

(A-S) every man swore oath of loyalty when turned … years old

Answer 1

12

Question 2

(A-S) usually no more than … Earls at a time

Answer 2

8-10

Question 3

(A-S) … thegns

Answer 3

~5,000 thegns

Question 4

… A-S = peasant farmers

Answer 4

~70%

Question 5

… A-S = slaves

Answer 5

~10%

Question 6

by 1066 … of pop. lived in towns (burhs)

Answer 6

10%

Question 7

(A-S) London & York pop.

Answer 7

10,000 each

Question 8

A-S Church owned … of land

Answer 8

25%

Question 9

(A-S) each Earl had … of thegns

Answer 9

100s

Question 10

(A-S) each Earldom divided into … Shires

Answer 10

40

Question 11

(A-S) Earls kept … of taxes collected

Answer 11

1/3

Question 12

(A-S) King’s land income

Answer 12

~£6,000 a year

Question 13

(A-S) Godwinsons’ land income

Answer 13

~£8,500 a year

Question 14

Edgar Aethling was … years old

Answer 14

14

Question 15

Harald’s fleet … longships & … Vikings

Answer 15

~200
10,000

Question 16

Edwin & Morcar had … soldiers against … from Hardrada & Tostig’s armies

Answer 16

~6,000
~9,000

Question 17

Harold marched north - … in …

Answer 17

185 miles
5 days

Question 18

(Hardrada) only … of … longships returned home

Answer 18

24
200

Question 19

… A-S soldiers killed at Gate Fulford

Answer 19

1000s

Question 20

W.’s army had … soldiers & … knights

Answer 20

~6,000
800

Question 21

(Battle of Hastings) W. gathered … horses & … grain & hay

Answer 21

> 2,000
13 tonnes

Question 22

motte & bailey castles had … high earth motte

Answer 22

7m

Question 23

(Harrying of the North) estimated as many as … died

Answer 23

100,000

Question 24

Domesday Book shows north of Eng. still not recovered by 1085 = … of Yorkshire still waste

Answer 24

60%

Question 25

W. granted land directly to group of … loyal N. lords called ‘tenants-in-chief’ - only … A-S

Answer 25

190
2

Question 26

… land held by … ‘great-tenants’

Answer 26

1/2
11

Question 27

(N.) … all land held by Church

Answer 27

1/4

Question 28

… of land held by A-Ss by 1087

Answer 28

less than 5%

Question 29

each A-S Earl Lord to … thegns

Answer 29

100s

Question 30

thegns in A-S Eng.

Answer 30

~4,000

Question 31

(feudal system) each ‘tenant-in-chief’ had to provide Knights for … service

Answer 31

40 days

Question 32

Stigand had been excommunicated by … Popes

Answer 32

5

Question 33

Lanfranc held … important councils (synods) while Archbishop

Answer 33

10

Question 34

W. introduced custom of being seen wearing crown …x year

Answer 34

3

Question 35

… tenants came to swear loyalty to W. at Salisbury in 1086

Answer 35

1000s

Question 36

1072-87 W. spent … time in Normandy

Answer 36

almost 80%

Question 37

Domesday Book = … pages long & includes … words

Answer 37

888
2 million

Question 38

Domesday Book records … tenants-in-chief & … sub-tenants (only … A-S)

Answer 38

over 1,000
8,000
10%

Question 39

(Conquest of Eng.) Odo arranged & paid for … ships

Answer 39

100

Question 40

(N. Conquest) Odo in his …

Answer 40

30s

Question 41

by time of Domesday Book in 1086 Odo = listed as having land in … counties

Answer 41

22

Question 42

after … enquiry in 1076 W. ordered Odo to return all church land he’d taken

Answer 42

3-day

Question 43

Odo spent … in prison

Answer 43

5 years

Question 44

within .. of 1066 every English cathedral & church had been knocked down & rebuilt in N. style

Answer 44

50 years

Question 45

W. left Henry …

Answer 45

£5,000