William I
historical figure · 2 works · 8 mentions · 12 anchored passages
William I. · the Conqueror · William the Conqueror · William
in the texts
Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John
The Conqueror, whose Norman companions' descendants are cited as having, by John's reign, divided estates and diminished loyalty to the continental cause.
The descendants of the men who helped William I.
sharply raised the farms, and his successors endeavoured, whenever possible, to increase them further.
No one dreamed, in the time of the Norman Kings, that the Curia Regis could undertake the labour of dispensing justice for the whole nation.
An Essay on the Trial by Jury
Norman king credited with introducing the bailiff title into England.
The name of bailiff was introduced into England with William I.