Post by Admin on Aug 7, 2020 8:56:50 GMT -7
When the Military Poor Became the Military Rich
TIME could be divided up into Before ROLLO and After ROLLO.
Before Rollo, the King owned all the land and sub-let it out to his "nobles" who in turn loaned it out to the surfs.
After Rollo, the king owed his power to the Military who divided the land up among his leaders who leased it out to the workers.[/div]
From what we can deduce (he may have been born later and/or died earlier) Sir Crosby was probably born around 930 AD in Picardi France, raised among Rollo's followers, and led his own group of Norman warriors.
He led his group to Northumbria England circa 950 AD where the king gave him and his followers a large tract of land.
We will know his full name if we can find the records the Domesday Book was transcribed from.
Which King? Let's take the WAYBACK MACHINE -
web.archive.org/web/20090824022435/http://www.royal.gov.uk/pdf/wessex.pdf
939 – 26 May 946 - Edmund I, 955 – 1 October 959 - Eadwig, 959 – 8 July 975 - Edgar the Peaceful, 975 – 18 March 978 - Edward the Martyr, 978 – 1013 (first time) - Æthelred the Unready, 986–1014 Sweyn Forkbeard, 1014 – 23 April 1016 (second time) Æthelred the Unready, 23 April 1016 – 30 November 1016 - Edmund Ironside, 1016–1035 Cnut the Great, 1035 – 17 March 1040 - Harold Harefoot, 1035 – 8 June 1042 - Harthacnut, 1035 – 25 October 1047 - Magnus the Good, 1046 – 25 September 1066 - Harald Hardrada,
I'm thinking most likely - Edgar the Peaceful, 975 !
