Category: 1066-1087 William I
William I fought Harald at the Battle of Hastings and was crowned on 25 December 1066
William I
William I loved hunting so when he came to England he decided to make 22 new ‘Royal Forests’ which only he (and his friends) could hunt in. This was pretty unfair to the people who lived there as some were forced to move and even if they didn’t move they were unable to have fences for their wildstock or hunt for food. There are still forests left like the ‘New Forest’ in Hampshire or…
Westminster Abbey
IMG_3134 All the Kings and Queens who were crowned starting from William the Conqueror were crowned here, lots are buried here too. Inside there is the ‘Edward chair’ which would hold the Stone of Scone at a coronation.
Forest Law
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