 Between his coronation and 1071 , William consolidated his hold over England , defeating a number of rebellions that arose particularly in the north and west of the country . Immediately after Hastings , only those English noblemen who fought in the battle lost their lands , which were distributed to Normans and others from the continent who had supported William 's invasion . The rebellions of the years 1068 to 1071 led to fresh confiscations of English land , again distributed to William 's continental followers . By 1086 , when William ordered the compilation of Domesday Book to record landholders in England , most of the native English nobility had been replaced by Norman and other continental nobles . 
