Kevin Booth has noted the possibility that Conquest Man could have been connected to William’s army given the church’s Norman ownership.

This is a hypothesis that fits the evidence but is not the only hypothesis that does.

A merchant who traded with the Norman lord and had useful connections could have merited similar treatment.

A craftsman who had served the Norman establishment.

A local notable of pre-Conquest origin who had been integrated into the new social order.

The burial was privileged.

The specific reason for that privilege remains unestablished.