THE THIRD WALL CHART I AM DOING IS ABOUT THE NOBLES, WHO PRESIDED OVER THE CASTLE AND SURROUNDING AREAS. THEY WERE JUST UNDERNEATH THE KING IN THE FUEDAL SYSTEM, AND THEREFORE HAD TO ACT AS HIS SERVANT.
THIS MEANT THAT THEY HAD TO PROVIDE AN ARMY FOR THE KING WHENEVER HE NEEDED ONE. NOBLES WOULD FIGHT IN BATTLE, SO HAD TO SPEND MUCH OF THEIR TIME TRAINING AND HONING THEIR SKILLS SUCH AS LONGBOW, SWORD WORK, AND JOUSTING.
THIS LINK IS THE DAILY LIFE OF A NOBLE MAN IN 1066:
THIS IS THE DAILY LIFE OF A NOBLE WOMAN IN 1066. I WAS SURPRISED BY HOW MUCH THEY ACTUALLY DID, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT CAME TO TAKING OVER THE ESTATE IN THE ABSENCE OF THEIR HUSBANDS:
(THESE ARE PHOTOGRAPHS OF NOBLES IN THEIR MANOR I TOOK AT MOUNTFITCHET CASTLE)
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