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15 unusual facts about battle of Hastings


Battle of Hastings

Harold was elected king by the Witenagemot of England and crowned by the Archbishop of York, Ealdred, although Norman propaganda claimed the ceremony was performed by Stigand, the uncanonically elected Archbishop of Canterbury.

William mustered his forces at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, and was ready to cross the English Channel by about 12 August.

Broughan

First known to be seated in Cumberland, the Broughan family (of nobility) held the earldom in this land, granted by Duke William of Normandy for assistance in the Battle of Hastings.

Carwile

There, they held a family seat from quite early times and were granted lands by their liege Lord, the Duke William of Normandy, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D..

De Bellis Multitudinis

A 400 point army is typically an army of between about 50 and 80 elements, or about 150 - 250 figures in total (a high quality, mainly mounted army like a Mongol force is more expensive per element, whereas one based more on militia such as the Anglo-Saxons at Hastings is cheaper per element and thus much larger).

Emile Wauters

Successively the pupil of Portaels and Jean-Léon Gérôme, he produced in 1868 The Battle of Hastings: the Finding of the body of Harold by Edith, a work of striking, precocious talent.

Ernest Remnant

Remnant was also renowned as a fine wood carver, with his home in Harrow depicting carved scenes in the Battle of Hastings.

Flag of Guernsey

The gold cross represents Duke William of Normandy, who, it is claimed, had such a cross on his flag in the Battle of Hastings, given to him by Pope Alexander II.

Francis William Wilkin

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.

Julian P. Boyd

For his efforts in preserving the site of the Battle of Hastings, he was appointed an honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

Neil Clephane-Cameron

In 2000 Neil Clephane-Cameron wrote The 1066 Malfosse Walk, which talks about the closing events of the Battle of Hastings in which the fleeing Saxons briefly stood against a pursuing group of Norman knights and nearly succeeded in killing Duke William.

Much of his work is centred around research into the events of 1066, in particular the Battle of Hastings.

Pope Alexander II

These favours were instrumental in the submission of the English church following the Battle of Hastings.

Redwood Grove

Old growth groves such as this will show the birth (shoots and burls) and death (rotting trees and "fairy rings") of ancient redwoods, many of whose birth was before the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

The Complete and Utter History of Britain

Sketches included interviews with the vital characters in the dressing-room after the Battle of Hastings, Samuel Pepys presenting a TV chat-show and an estate agent trying to sell Stonehenge to a young couple looking for their first home ("It's got character, charm and a slab in the middle").


Bec-de-Mortagne

Bec-de-Mortagne in the Pays de Caux is thought to be the birth-place of Turstin FitzRolf, standard bearer to William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, as he was described by the 12th-century chronicler Orderic Vitalis as from "Bec-en-Caux".

Bridget Chaworth

Bridget Chaworth was descended from Hugh de Cadurcis, whose brother, Bourchard de Cadurcis, is said to have fought at the Battle of Hastings with William the Conqueror.

Geoffrey Alselin

Geoffrey Alselin (birthdate unknown) was an English Lord of Elvaston, Derbyshire and Laxton, Nottinghamshire who came to power sometime after the Norman invasion of England and victory at the Battle of Hastings.

Hollington, Hastings

The area lies next to Baldslow, Ashdown, North and Conquest, and less than five miles southeast of Battle, East Sussex, the home of Battle Abbey, which commemorates the victory of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

House of Beaumont

Roger de Beaumont, Lord (seigneur) of Pont-Audemer, of Beaumont-le-Roger, of Brionne and of Vatteville, was too old to fight at the Hastings and stayed in Normandy to govern and protect it while William was away on the invasion.

Royal Guernsey Light Infantry

The regimental motto, Diex Aix, derives from the battle cry used by the Normans at the Battle of Hastings.

The Tragedy of Macbeth Part II

The Norwegians would have been unlikely to be planning an invasion of Scotland in 1068 after their decisive defeat at Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066 in Anglo-Saxon king Harold Godwinson's "swan-song" victory (Harold was defeated and killed at Hastings shortly afterwards)