AthelingThe Revolt of the Earls
Lanfranc and the English shires break the rising while the king is in Normandy.
What the record says
Wulfstan of Worcester blocked Roger at the Severn, Ralph was cornered at Norwich and fled to Brittany, and his wife Emma held the castle until she was allowed to leave. Waltheof confessed to Lanfranc and went to the king.
Certainty
| Fact | Value | Certainty |
|---|---|---|
| Date | 1 October 1075 | Exact |
| How sure we are | High | Of this record as a whole |
People
Related events
- The bridal of Norwich
Ralph de Gael marries fitzOsbern’s daughter and the earls plot at the feast.
- William fitzOsbern is killed at Cassel
The king’s closest companion dies in a Flemish succession war.
- Lanfranc becomes archbishop
The abbot of Caen takes Canterbury and begins remaking the English church.
- The Danes and the north take York
Sweyn’s fleet in the Humber joins Edgar, Waltheof, and the Northumbrians against the Norman garrison.
- Robert de Comines is burned at Durham
The new Norman earl of Northumbria dies with his men in a single night.
Sources
Where this is recorded
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Avalon Project)
- Orderic Vitalis, The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy, trans. Thomas Forester
- The Chronicle of Florence of Worcester, trans. Thomas Forester
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