AthelingEdgar submits at Berkhamsted
William crosses the Thames at Wallingford and the English leaders come out to meet him.
What the record says
Stigand submitted first at Wallingford. Edgar, Ealdred, Edwin, Morcar, and the chief men of London followed at Berkhamsted, gave hostages, and swore oaths. William promised to be a gracious lord, and his army went on harrying all the same.
Certainty
| Fact | Value | Certainty |
|---|---|---|
| Date | 10 December 1066 | Exact |
| How sure we are | High | Of this record as a whole |
People
Related events
- William is crowned at Westminster
Ealdred of York crowns the Conqueror on Christmas Day while his guards set fire to the houses outside.
- London chooses Edgar
With Harold dead, Archbishop Ealdred and the citizens of London name the boy of the old house as king.
- Hastings
William defeats Harold's army on the ridge north of Hastings. Harold is killed.
- William lands at Pevensey
The Norman fleet crosses while Harold is in the north, and the army comes ashore unopposed.
- Harald lands in the north
A second claimant opens a northern front.
Sources
Where this is recorded
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Avalon Project)
- William of Poitiers, Gesta Guillelmi, ed. R. H. C. Davis and Marjorie Chibnall, Oxford Medieval Texts, 1998
- The Chronicle of Florence of Worcester, trans. Thomas Forester
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