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The successful Norman invasion of England by William the Conqueror in 1066, which directly led to the 1070 forfeiture of most of the land held by the Anglo-Saxon aristocracy, sparked a massive land transfer to William's fellow Normans. The Normans held immense power and wealth in the kingdom of England: over two fifths of the lay land belonged either to the king directly or to his servants and officials. The Domesday Book was a sealing of Norman power whose political aim was to reinforce the notion that the the king owned all the land in the kingdom, and gave it out to loyal barons. However, the feudalism installed by the conquerors was far from definite, due to both how few Normans administrators there were, and that their own understanding of Feudalism was not uniform.