AthelingWilliam sails for Normandy
The new king spends most of 1067 across the Channel, leaving Odo and fitzOsbern to govern.
What the record says
William took English hostages, including Edgar, Edwin, Morcar, and Waltheof, and displayed them in Normandy. The regents built castles and were remembered for their harshness.
Certainty
| Fact | Value | Certainty |
|---|---|---|
| Date | 1 March 1067 | Exact |
| How sure we are | High | Of this record as a whole |
People
William, Odo, FitzOsbern, Edgar.
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.
- Edgar submits at Berkhamsted
William crosses the Thames at Wallingford and the English leaders come out to meet him.
- 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.
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
- Orderic Vitalis, The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy, trans. Thomas Forester
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