 It has been suggested that Ranulf may have been the first Justiciar of all England ( or chief justiciar ) , although he never held the title and it is not clear if his power was as extensive as Roger of Salisbury in the following reign . He ran the government of England while Rufus was fighting in Normandy , not only raising money , but issuing writs and judging court cases . William of Malmesbury in describing Ranulf 's financial efforts said that he " skinned the rich , ground the down the poor , and swept other men 's inheritances into his net . " Another medieval chronicler , Orderic Vitalis , said that Ranulf planned to revise the survey of England , almost certainly Domesday Book , and that he planned to use that revised survey to confiscate all excess holdings over a certain amount . If this was really planned , it was never carried out . 
