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Period: Jan 1, 1065 to Dec 2, 1067
Normans Conquest
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Jan 1, 1066
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Edward the Confessor dies, and Harold makes bid for the crown. -
Jan 1, 1066
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Tostig comes to Flanders looking for aid in his projected bid against Harold. These were made up of 'feudal' levies, in which the knight owed service to his lord in return for land.He starts constructing a fleet at Dives to transport them all across. -
May 1, 1066
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Tostig makes an abortive attempt to invade England. -
Sep 20, 1066
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The army of the Earls is decimated and Edwin & Morcar are unable to play any more part in the campaigns of 1066. -
Sep 25, 1066
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Harold responds by scraping together a scratch force made up largely of his own housecarls and personal followers, and racing north, calling up the shire levies as he passes through. -
Sep 28, 1066
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He marches to Hastings - a good harbour from which he can withdraw easily if necessary, and begins building a castle. -
Oct 1, 1066
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He marches back down Ermine Street, stopping to pray at Waltham Abbey on the way. By 12th October, he is back in London and gathering what forces he could to face William. -
Period: Oct 1, 1066 to Dec 1, 1066
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A state of war continues until Christmas 1066, when a deal is struck between William and the English magnates in which he guarantees their positions in return for their support. -
Oct 14, 1066
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Harold takes up a position blocking the Norman advance to London on Senlac Ridge at the site of Battle with an army of little more than 5,000 weary and footsore men.Seeing victory in their grasp, the English right charges down the slope after them, exposing themselves to a devastating counter-attack led by William himself.
