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At one stage he was inclined to producing historical images, but the lukewarm reception given his commissioned 1820 painting, 'The Battle of Hastings,' discouraged him from pursuing this genre.
It appears to have been in existence in England from 1071 shortly after the Harrying of the North, a military campaign shortly after the date of the Battle of Hastings (1066).
Lowey of Tonbridge, the large tract of land given to Richard Fitz Gilbert (1024–1090), in West Kent, England by William the Conqueror after the Battle of Hastings as a reward for his assistance in winning the battle
The story starts with Walt returning to his home at Iwerne in Dorset four years after the Battle of Hastings.