After the Norman Conquest in 1066, William I replaced the witan with the curia regis (Latin for ). In a sign of the witan's enduring legacy, the curia regis continued to be dubbed a witan by chroniclers until as late as the 12th century.The Origins of the Western Legal Tradition: From Thales to the Tudors p. 226 Maddicott writes that the witan (what he terms "royal assemblies") were "the direct forebears of the councils of post-Conquest England and the parliaments which were the councils' descendants".
After the Norman Conquest in 1066, William I replaced the witan with the curia regis (Latin for ). In a sign of the witan's enduring legacy, the curia regis continued to be dubbed a witan by chroniclers until as late as the 12th century.The Origins of the Western Legal Tradition: From Thales to the Tudors p. 226 Maddicott writes that the witan (what he terms "royal assemblies") were "the direct forebears of the councils of post-Conquest England and the parliaments which were the councils' descendants".