Normans

• Edward became king in ...

  1042
• The Godwin family rebelled and were exiled in ...


  1051
• By ... the Gowin family controlled every part of England except ...


  1057, Mercia
• Edward died in ...

  1066
• Harold had crowned himself as King ...


  the next day
• Two powerful saxon earls ...

  Eadwine and Morcar
• Harold was a well known warrior for his victories against ...


  the king of North Wales
• Harold apparently promised William the throne when he came to Normandy in ...

  1064
• William had protected Edward in a rebellion in ...

  1051 from the Godwins
• Harald Hardraada joined forces with ...

  Tostig Godwinson
• Harald and Tostig landed at ...

  Ricall, near York
• Edwin and Morcar were defeated at ...

  the battle of Gate Fulford
• Harold regathered his army and march north very quickly ...

  200 miles in less than a week
• Part of Hardraada's army were on the way to ...

  Stamford bridge
• The vikings returned with ...

  25 out of 300 ships
• William's forces landed at ...

  Pevensey
• William was given a ...

  papal banner by the Pope
• William had around ... men and up to ...

  7000, 3000 horses
• Harold quickly marched to London ...

  200 miles in 4-5 days
• Harold's men formed up on ...

  Senlac Ridge
• The saxons got off their horses and formed a ...

  shield wall
• The wall fell apart when a group of saxons chased a group of ...

  Bretons
• A group of Normans who landed by accident were attacked so William punished ...

  Romney
• William went to ...

  Dover and Canterbury
• At each place, William left a ...

  garrison
• Edgar and a group of English nobles met William at ...

  Berkhamsted and submitted to him
• William continued to use English to write ...

  royal writs
• William began to face more opposition in ...

  1067
• People opposed the harsh rule of ... who had been left in charge by William

  Odo and Fitz Osbern
• Rebellions became more serious and organised in ...

  1068
• People refused to swear loyalty to William so he besieged the city of ...


  Exeter - lots of Godwin support
• William returned from Normandy to go to Exeter and he ...


  besieged the city for 18 days
• There was a rebellion led by Edwin and Morcar in ...

  Mercia
• William built a castle at ... to stop the rebellion by ...

  Warwick, Edwin and Morcar
• Edwin and Morcar submitted and William built further castles at ...

  York, Lincoln, Huntingdon and Cambridge
• William dealt brutally with rebellion in the north in ...

  1069
• The rebellion started as a revolt against William's new earl ...


  Lord Cumin
• The rebels in the North in 1069 attacked ...

  York
• William responded quickly by ...

  building a second castle there
• There were further rebellions in ...

  1070-71 in East Anglia