The Feudal System

The Feudal System helped Kings to reward and pay barons for there work.
The order of land issued by the Feudal System
1. King
  1. Kings would give barrons large plots of land for providing an army
    1. Barons
      1. 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
The Feudal System could be seen as a currency
Land was taken away for Barrans if they stoped work
When a Baron died his relatives had 2 options.
1. Option 1: Give the land back to the king
  1. Option 2: Pay Inheritance Tax
    1. Usually £100
      1. Sometimes more
Monitering the land was difficult until the Domesday Book was introduced
Barons received different amounts of land from each other
1. Did the king like them?
2. How big was there army
Other important people could also inherit land
1. Priest
2. Lords
3. Bishops
4. King's Assistants

Resource summary

	Created by Archie Michell about 10 years ago