What happened next

Question 1

What did William do when the fortress at Dover was full of tough and angry Saxon soldiers

Answer 1

• He destroyed and pillaged across the coast to Dover then he pays them to recover the damage to get them on his side
• they then went to cantanbury to get submitted by the archbishop of cantanbury, edgar, edwin and mocar

Question 2

what did william do when he had to control london and some of harolds men were guarding it

Answer 2

• he wanted to take control of london and get crowned but he coudnt because of the soldiers guarding it
• william defided to burn and pilage towns so edgar Atheling (who was known as the sort of ‘king’) would surrender the capital so that the towns dont suffer he also put salt in the towns soil so no crops could grow

Question 3

what were the seiges and rebellions that happened after the conquest if william

Answer 3

• one time there was a big seige which lasted 18 days in exeter
• in 1069 there was the biggest rebellion. edwin and morcar and 18 year old edgar (the nephew of edward the confessor) 900 normans died

Question 4

what was the action called ‘harrying of the north’

Answer 4

william would destroy villages, kill livestock and people, and destorying of crops. this wouldve lasted a whole year. the population was reduced by 75 per cent. he did this to gain control of the country