e913ce18fc The passage was made by night, and a landing was effected without resistance at Pevensey on the 28th, the third day after the battle of Stamford Bridge. William kept the castle cut off from food or supplies until Guy gave up in 1049.[13] The duke forgave his cousin, but Guy soon returned to Burgundy. Henry complained that the border fortress of Tillires was an annoyance to him, and the duke's counsellors ordered its destruction. vii. Hist.
Chron. The barons at Lillebonne objected to the proposals made to them by William Fitzosbern, and the duke obtained promises from them of ships and men by personally soliciting each baron singly. He fortified his camp at Hastings and ravaged the country. 1873, xxviii; a little later come Orderic, ed. 100 51.0 51.1 51.2 51.3 51.4 David Crouch, The Normans; The History of a Dynasty (London; New York: Hambledon Continuum, 2007), p. 142 68.0 68.1 David Crouch, The Normans; The History of a Dynasty (London; New York: Hambledon Continuum, 2007), p. The Norman fleet assembled at the mouth of the Dive in the middle of August, was delayed there for a month by contrary winds, and sailed, with some losses by shipwreck and desertion, to St. Douglas 1964.
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