The Feudal System

The Feudal System

1. The Feudal System helped Kings to reward and pay barons for there work.

2. The order of land issued by the Feudal System

   • King
     • Kings would give barrons large plots of land for providing an army
       • Barons
         • Barons would give knights small plots of land for there service
           • Knights
             • Knights would give very small or none land to Peasants for there produce

3. The Feudal System could be seen as a currency

4. Land was taken away for Barrans if they stoped work

5. When a Baron died his relatives had 2 options.

   • Option 1: Give the land back to the king
     • Option 2: Pay Inheritance Tax
       • Usually £100
         • Sometimes more

6. Monitering the land was difficult until the Domesday Book was introduced

7. Barons received different amounts of land from each other

   • Did the king like them?
   • How big was there army

8. Other important people could also inherit land

   • Priest
   • Lords
   • Bishops
   • King's Assistants