A history of England . y the Norman bowmen, got out of control, and, misled by afeigned retreat ordered by William, poured down the launched his cavalry on their broken lines, routedthem completely, and dashed his men against the flanks of theEnglish centre. Gyrth and Leofwin were already dead, andthe fall of Harold made disaster inevitable. The Englishhouse-carls, disdaining to survive their master, fell fightinground the royal standard. CHIEF EVENTS. Earl Godwin banished 1051. Harolds conquest of Wales 1063. Tostig expelled from Northumbria .... of Stamford Brid
A history of England . y the Norman bowmen, got out of control, and, misled by afeigned retreat ordered by William, poured down the launched his cavalry on their broken lines, routedthem completely, and dashed his men against the flanks of theEnglish centre. Gyrth and Leofwin were already dead, andthe fall of Harold made disaster inevitable. The Englishhouse-carls, disdaining to survive their master, fell fightinground the royal standard. CHIEF EVENTS. Earl Godwin banished 1051. Harolds conquest of Wales 1063. Tostig expelled from Northumbria .... of Stamford Bridge . September 25, of Hastings October 14, 1066. NORMAN AND ANGEVIN KINGS. William I.,1066-1087. I III Robert of Normandy, William II., Henry I., Adela d. 1,135- 1087-1100. 1100-1135. William Clito,d. 1128. Henry,d. 1183. William,d. 1120. Richard I.,1189-1199. Stephen,II35-IIS4. IMatilda. Henry II.,1154-1189. Geoffrey,d. 1186. John,: 99-1216. ENGLAND from 1066 to 1485. English Mileso 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80. CHAPTER IX. WILLIAM I. (1066-1087). i. Coronation of William I.—The stubborn resistanceof the English, and the fact that the forces of Mercia andNorthumbria were still available for the defence of England,led William to expect further fighting. His own army hadsuffered severely, and he did not move forward till he hadreceived reinforcements from Normandy. Meanwhile the Witanmet in London and elected Edgar Atheling as king. Noleader, however, came forward to organise a national resist-ance, for Edwin and Morcar, who acquiesced in Edgarselection, at once withdrew to their earldoms. William, there-fore, marched into Kent, laying waste the country, and receivedthe submission of the Kentish strongholds, Dover and Canter-bury. He then pushed northwards to London, but finding thebridge strongly guarded, he marched up the Thames as far asWallingford, where he crossed and struck north to Berkhamp-stead. London, cut off from help from the north, at oncesurrendered. A de
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