Norman Conquest: Battle of Fulford and Stamford Bridge

Question 1

January & February 1066

Answer 1

• Invasion form Normandy is definite
• only a small band of soldiers a
• fyrd are not experienced or equipped
• created the largest naval force ever

Question 2

May 1066

Answer 2

• Tostig turned up and made an alliance withHarold Hardrada, raiding along the south coast
• sent a fleet after him when Earls Morcar and Edwin drove him up to Scotland

Question 3

June & September 1066

Answer 3

• couldn’t keep 6000 doing nothing, expensive to feed and pay them, it was harvest so had to collect in the crops
• had to disband the fleet and send them home
• Hardrada arrived

Question 4

12th September 1066

Answer 4

• William moved his fleet along the coast of Normandy to Saint Valery to wait to cross the channel
• Tostig and Hardrada sailed down the northeast from Scotland
• had a fleet of 300 ships and 8000 soldiers

Question 5

20th September 1066

Answer 5

Battle of Fulford - York surrendered to Hardrada

Question 6

25th September 1066

Answer 6

Battle of Stamford Bridge

• HH and TG were celebrating their victory of defeating Edwin and Morcar so were unprepared
• left their armour 25 km away in their ships
• the lone Norseman killed 40 men
• one Anglo Saxon went under the bridge and stabbed the Viking who was acting as a barrier
• of 300 ships taken, 20 needed to return
• HH and TG died