According to the vellum tabloid The Anglo-Saxon Daily Mail, William had a vision whilst spending Christmas in Gloucester in 1085. He believed the Anglo-Saxons were a nation of tax dodgers and wanted to collect all his takings since beating King Harold at the Battle of Hastings. Counsellors and shake down experts were sent to every shire, town, village, hamlet, pig sty.. to part peasants from their pennies. Every landholder had to supply a list of livestock and loose women for the king's perusal.