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 Provost Alwin Child came from France and set up churches and religious Cluny orders of monks. The cluny Church of France was the largest church in the world with the largest library built in the 800 AD period.&nbsp; It was surpassed in size in the 1600's when St. Peters was built in Rome.&nbsp; Alwin Child built the Church of the Savior, the Church of Mary Magdalene and the Palace for William the Conqueror and his son William Ruffus.&nbsp; Alwin Child lived in the palace with the Kings and over saw its operation for the King until his death in 1082.&nbsp; Alwin was the Chancellor of Religion for the new Kings of England.&nbsp; Alwin left his will&nbsp; in 1082, Bermondsay, (London) Surrey, England.&nbsp; Alwin's son Alwin Child brought the Cluny monks from France in 1089 before he died in 1094.&nbsp; Alwin Child's son Roger Infans or Child went on the first crusade to Jerusalem and assisted in its capture from 1096-1098.&nbsp; Roger Infans returned to England to run the Royal Castle of Rockingham in Northamptonshire.&nbsp; He served as commander of the royal guard and was a baron over more than ten manors.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; More French were brought into England&nbsp;to be Royal Judges or Provosts over cities.&nbsp; &nbsp;Knights predided over 1-9 manors, and Franklins over a manor.&nbsp; The feudal system was instituted upon the English by the&nbsp;French with the gentry and noblity classes&nbsp;as rulers.&nbsp; The English were made serfs or slaves and confined to the manors in which they live.&nbsp; A series of judical courts were instituted from the manorial,&nbsp;Provost&nbsp;or city and shire level.&nbsp;&nbsp;Royal or country matters&nbsp;were brought before the Royal Court of Judges.&nbsp;
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; King William Ruffus was murdered leaving no heir to the throne.&nbsp; Henry Plantagent was brought from France to be the next King with Eleanor&nbsp;as his wife.&nbsp; The Knights Templar returned from&nbsp;Jerusalem&nbsp;to England and built castles and churches.&nbsp; They were good businessmen and established businesses in England.
 '''1216 King John and the Magna Carter&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; '''&nbsp;King John replaced Henry and ruled by absolute monarchy.&nbsp; King John retained all the land and power unto himself.&nbsp; The barons, viscounts,&nbsp;and earls who officated over the shires rebelled against King John.&nbsp; The Lords of the shires all met and wrote up the Magna Carter.&nbsp; By signing the Magna Carter in 1216, King John was force to give up land and power to the Lords of the shires. The Magna Carter gave representation into parilament from each shire.
 '''&nbsp;Parilament.&nbsp; '''The Lords of the shires established parilament as the House of the Lords.&nbsp; The House of Commons was established giving the gentry class two representatives from each shire.&nbsp; These representatives were usually knights or esquires.&nbsp; Pariliament would meet every twenty years or as needed with their elected counterparts.&nbsp; The Parliament building&nbsp;was eventually built from&nbsp;Coteswold stone in&nbsp;Westminister.
 '''1300 Wars.&nbsp;&nbsp;'''The English invaded Ireland and subjugated the country placing it under the English control.&nbsp; The English also invaded Wales&nbsp;and tricked their leader to give himself up but killed him instead.&nbsp; After fighting for&nbsp;many years into the 1400's England conquerored Wales.&nbsp; On orders of the Pope, the English killed all the Knights templars on&nbsp;their soil and then made war with Scotland to&nbsp;destroy all the Knights Templars.&nbsp; The Scots fought fiercly and defeated the English in the Battle of Bannockburn.&nbsp;&nbsp; The Scots established their own kings and remained a seperate county from England.
 '''1400's.&nbsp; '''Parliament establishes classes of Gentry and Lords depending on how much land a person own.&nbsp; Knights who wer<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1237388635125_401" />e not actively serving, became esquires.
 years war with France with battles won by both sides.&nbsp; War of the Roses 1458-1487 between the Duke of Lancaster and the Duke of York.&nbsp; The Duke of Lancaster won the war by killing the Duke of York.&nbsp;
-'''1484 Parliament declared all men to be freeman!'''
+'''1484 Parliament declared all men to be freeman!''' The serfs and common people of England were now free to own land, to come and go, leave at will, but still had to pay taxes and obey the laws of the land.&nbsp; Prior to this time the records were in Latin.&nbsp; English was established as the spoken and written language.&nbsp; Rules of writing and speaking followed as English evolved.&nbsp; The Catholic Church retained their services in Latin.
+'''1538 King Henry VIII orders parishes to begin keeping vital records within their parishes.&nbsp; '''Not all the churches started keeping christenings, marriage, and burial records.
+'''1542 Thomas Cromwell '''established the Church of England as the state religion by overthrowing the Catholic Church.&nbsp; King Henry VIII had killed any one who opposed him including the Earl of Montgomery and&nbsp;the Abbott of Glastonbury.&nbsp; The king had destroyed all the statues of saints, did away with priories, nunneries, monks, nuns, established divorce and created his new church&nbsp;called the Church of England.&nbsp; King Henry had his wives killed who bore him daughters and Thomas Cromwell for finding him a wife who bore a girl.&nbsp; King Henry's only son Henry died at the age of 18 leaving Mary(Catholic) and Elizabeth(Church of England) to fight over the throne.
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