Curia Regis

Henry introduced within the Curia Regis itself a new class of men, representing a new principle of government.

The permanent Curia Regis was not only restored to working order, but improved in each of its many aspects—as the King’s household, as a financial bureau, as the administrative centre of the kingdom, and as the vehicle of royal justice.

the “peers” of a Crown tenant were his fellow Crown tenants, who would normally deliver judgment in the Curia Regis;