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Prior to the rule of King Alfred the Great (871-99), there was no single justice system, no single monarch and no single set of laws. With no transport, communication or education as we know it today citizens lived in a feudal society. Despite these restrictions, the Kingdom of England was constructed with its counties headed by sheriffs. It was not to be long before the standard of common law was to emerge. Upon the death of William of Normandy's distant cousin, Edward the Confessor, an English political institution called The Witenagemot, authorised Harold Godwinson's accession to the throne on 5th January 1066. He then became King Harold ?? of England. William also claimed the throne of England, declaring that Edward had named himself as Heir. After they both assembled Army's, the crucial battle of Senlac took place, which later became known as The Battle of Hastings. It was a closely fought...

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