AthelingThe Isle of Ely falls
Hereward and Morcar are the last to hold out; Morcar surrenders and Hereward escapes.
What the record says
William built a causeway through the fens and the monks of Ely came to terms. Morcar spent the rest of his life in custody. Edwin had already been killed by his own men while fleeing north.
Certainty
| Fact | Value | Certainty |
|---|---|---|
| Date | 1 October 1071 | Exact |
| How sure we are | High | Of this record as a whole |
People
Related events
- Malcolm submits at Abernethy
William marches into Scotland by land and sea and the King of Scots does homage.
- Lanfranc becomes archbishop
The abbot of Caen takes Canterbury and begins remaking the English church.
- Papal legates depose Stigand
The council at Winchester strips the old archbishop of Canterbury and Winchester.
- The harrying of the north
William winters in Yorkshire and destroys the means of life across the north.
- The Danes and the north take York
Sweyn’s fleet in the Humber joins Edgar, Waltheof, and the Northumbrians against the Norman garrison.
Sources
Where this is recorded
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Avalon Project)
- The Chronicle of Florence of Worcester, trans. Thomas Forester
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