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Legacy of resistance (Changes in land ownership, 1066-87 (In 1066, there…
Legacy of resistance
Changes in land ownership, 1066-87
In 1066, there were about 5000 thegns. By 1086, almost all had lost their lands
By the end of William's reign, ten barons held about 25% of all the the land in England
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Of the 1000 tenants- in-chief in 1086, only 13 were English
The key English earldoms of Wessex, Mercia and Northumbria were broken up by William
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