The Norman Conquest (90 page)

family relationships:
with Odo of Bayeux,
90
–
1
,
202
,
206
,
255
,
277
,
299
–
302
,
304
,
329
; with Robert of Mortain,
93
,
329
; with Matilda,
170
,
197
–
8
,
273
–
4
,
288
,
302
–
4
; with Robert Curthose,
273
–
6
,
288
–
90
,
303
–
4
,
329
; with William Rufus,
288
,
303
,
330
,
344

selective chronological survey:
birth,
43
–
4
; recognized as his father’s heir (1034),
44
,
52
; accession as duke (1035),
51
; troubled

minority,
52
,
87
,
205
; knighting (
c.
1043),
53
–
6
,
364
; his rule threatened
55
–
6
; defeats rebels (1047),
56
–
8
; consolidates victory (1047–50)
66
; war against Geoffrey Martel (1049–51)
80
–
2
; marriage (
c.
1050),
66
–
8
,
82
,
91
–
2
,
112
; promised English succession (1051),
70
; visits ETC in England (1051),
73
–
5
,
82
; defeats rebellion by count of Arques (1053),
83
,
85
–
6
; defeats invasion by France and Anjou (1054),
83
–
5
; deposes abp of Rouen (1054),
86
,
92
–
3
; attacks Geoffrey Martel (1054); defeats invasion by France and Anjou (1057),
94
, no; captures Tilliéres and Thimert (1058),
110
; conquers Maine (1062–3)
111
–
12
; receives Harold Godwineson, obliges him to swear his oath (1064/5),
113
–
19
,
137
; invades Brittany (1064/5),
114
; hears of Harold’s coronation (1066),
141
–
2
; puts case to pope and Norman magnates,
142
–
5
,
373
; prepares invasion fleet,
145
–
6
,
150
–
1
; spiritual preparations,
149
–
50
; assembles army,
151
–
4
; delayed and diverted by contrary winds,
166
–
9
; crosses Channel, lands at Pevensey,
169
–
71
; exchanges messages with Harold, ravages Sussex,
173
–
5
; surprises Harold,
176
–
7
; defeats and kills Harold at Hastings,
177
–
88
; buries dead,
190
; advances through Kent to London, ravages counties around London,
194
–
6
; receives English submissions, debates next move,
196
–
8
; coronation,
10
,
198
–
200
,
379
; first acts as king (1067),
200
–
2
,
211
,
378
–
9
; returns in triumph to Normandy (1067),
202
–
4
; returns to England (1067),
211
; defeats Exeter rebels (1068),
212
–
15
; attacks midland and northern rebels, establishes new castles (1068),
219
–
22
; attacks rebels again (1069),
223
–
4
; attacks rebels for a third time (1069),
227
–
9
,
232
–
3
; harries northern England (1069–70)
229
–
31
; plunders monasteries (1070),
235
; coronation by papal legates (1070),
236
; purges English episcopate,
238
–
40
; imposes military service on Church,
240
–
2
; buys off Danish invasion (1070),
245
; crushes Ely rebellion (1071),
248
–
51
; invades Scotland (1072),
251
–
2
; re-conquers Maine (1073),
255
; returns to England (1075), punishes rebels,
270
–
1
,
279
–
80
; defeated at Dol (1076),
272
; quarrel with Robert Curthose (1077–80)
273
–
6
,
288
–
9
; returns to England (1080),
289
–
90
; invades south Wales (1081),
293
–
4
,
296
; imprisons Odo (1082),
299
–
302
; besieges St Suzanne (1084),
304
; prepares against Danish invasion (1085–6)
304
–
6
,
312
–
13
,
316
; orders Domesday Survey (1085–6)
306
–
7
; knights Henry (1086),
318
; attends Salisbury assembly (1086),
318
–
20
,
322
,
325
–
6
; returns to Normandy (1086),
326
–
7
; illness (1087),
328
; invades the Vexin and burns Mantes (1087),
328
; final illness,
328
–
330
; death (1087),
10
,
52
,
330
; burial,
330
–
1
,
349

Wilton (Wilts), abbey,
63
,
73
,
129

Wiltshire,
129
,
302
,
319

Winchelsea (Sussex),
211

Winchester,
13
,
24
,
32
,
34
,
59
–
60
,
97
,
99
–
100
,
106
,
193
,
206
,
215
,
224
,
232
,
236
,
238
–
40
,
271
,
297
–
9
,
306
,
318
,
324
–
5
,
349
; bp of,
see
Ælfwine; Stigand; Walkelin; castle,
202
,
207
,
221
,
297
,
334
; Norman cathedral,
258
,
298
,
346
; Old Minster,
24
,
42
,
97
,
100
; palace,
297

Windsor (Berks),
239
,
242
; castle,
242
,
334

Wissant,
35

women,
7
; rape of,
27
,
207
,
263
,
266
,
332
–
3
; married in order to legitimize landholding,
349

Worcester,
40
,
71
,
325
; cathedral,
40
,
284
; bp of,
see
Ealdred; Lyfing; Wulfstan; sheriff of,
see
Urse

Wren, Sir Christopher,
334

Wulfnoth, probable father of Earl Godwine,
28

Wulfnoth Godwineson, hostage,
116
,
118
,
137
–
8
,
212
,
329
,
345