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How did William the Conqueror find out how much England was worth?

He wasn’t interested in “worth” but to control the island and become king.


How many barons did William the Conqueror have?

William the Conquerer brought roughly 200 to 300 french barons to England . Most people would have thought he would have brought much more .


Why did William the Conqueror need money?

he was as rich as a fish


The Domesday Book was used by William the Conqueror to .?

King William created the Domesday Book to determine the value of the property of England. He wanted to know how much taxes he could collect from his newly conquered land. It gives us the one picture of the way common people lived in Europe during that period. The Domesday Book was used by William to Conqueror to create a system of taxation for England.


What was the Domesday book used for?

The Domesday Book is a survey of all of England. William the conqueror created the Domesday Book, to keep a record of all the land in England, when the Danish army were going to invade England. The barons went and asked the villages about how much land they had, price when king Edward was alive and the price now. All of this information was kept as a record for William. The knights would threaten to kill anyone who lies. When William had the book he was able to take lands away from people when he needed it and he knew how much the land was worth. William also was able to know how much tax to charge because the more it was worth the more taxes they had to pay.


Why did William the Conqueror want to know how much people owned?

Because he was instituting taxation.


Who ruled Britain at the time of the invasion of William the Conqueror?

Harold Godwinson, a much better ruler in my opinion with more right to the throne than William.


What things did William the Conqueror find out in the Domesday book?

he found out which people had what things and how many of them so he knew how much to tax them


Why was the information recorded in the Domesday Book important to William the Conqueror?

So that he knew how much to tax people depending on how much land they owned and how much money they were making.


Contributions of William the Conqueror?

William the conqueror was the king ofEngland for 21 years 1066-1087. He had many ways of controlling England for example the feudal system, the motte and bailey and terror.The feudal system was when William the conqueror gave some of his land to the knight or lords and the knight or lords to the peasants to work for them.William the conqueror had many castles because when the Saxons came to England to invade. The English would run up into the castle and stay there It was always on a very steep hill and people would throw down ladders so the villagers could climb up, then they would pull the ladder up so the Saxons couldn't get there until the main army came and defeated the enemy.For King William to pay for the mercenary army he hired to defend his kingdom; he needed a record of all financial and military resources available to him.He commissioned a survey of all the land and people in it, including even the farm animals. He wanted to know who owned what, how much it was worth and how much was owed to the King in tax, rents and military service.William the conqueror used terror to make people listen to him. For example, he got his knight to kill people.William was cruel man but a good king. He did have many ways to make the people of England listen to him. His is the most famous king.


How did harrying of the north help William control England?

Oh, dude, the harrying of the north was like William the Conqueror's way of saying, "Hey, I'm in charge now, deal with it." By devastating the north of England, he basically told the rebellious folks there, "You mess with me, you get the horns." It was a brutal way to establish control, but hey, it worked for him.


What William the Duke of Normandy real name?

King William is known by different names of which include, William the conqeror and William of Normandy, an epithet probably given by himself. He defeated King Harold at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 in order to become King and later claimed that he owned all of the land in England "by right of conquest." He was the Duke of Normandy and the leader of the Norman Army.