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Kings of England :
Edward the Confessor 1042-66 Harold Godwine 1066 William I 1066-87 Background information : At the start of this tumultous decade Harold Godwine, Earl of Hereford was extending Welsh territory under his control and had subdued resistance. His adversary Gryffydd ap Llewelyn was defeated conclusively in 1063 and was murdered by his own men. After his death Maelienydd and Elfael were still nominally under the rule of Idnerth ap Cadwgan paying homage to Harold. Following the Norman invasion of 1066 the Saxons tried to repel the invaders but were soon defeated leaving resistance to the Welsh. In 1068-9 there was a combined Saxon-Welsh revolt in Cheshire, Shropshire and N Herefordshire. The leader of the Saxons was a |
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Herefordshire Theign called Edric
the Wild who was killed at the battle of Stafford in 1069.
The inevitable subjegation of the Saxons was followed by the defeat and
deaths of three Welsh Kings at the battle of Brycheiniog. These victories
were consolidated by the building of the first Norman castles along the
borders. New Marcher Lords (as they came to be known) arrived and together
with their vassals and retainers began fortifying recent land aquisitions.
After fighting for William at the battle of Hastings a Norman knight called
William fitz Osbern, cousin of the Conquerer was made Earl of Hereford
in1068, an Overlord for the area. As a result his followers had fully
established themselves all along the Welsh border by 1070 and were making
incursions into Welsh territory. |
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Central Anglo-Welsh Border c.1064
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