The Norman Conquest (81 page)

Gundulf, bp of Rochester (1077–1108),
263
,
266

Gunhilda, dau. of Emma and Cnut,
30
,
33

Gunhilda, niece of Cnut,
62
,
68

Guy, bp of Amiens (d. 1075), author of the
Carmen de Hastingae Proelio
,
167
,
169
,
187

Guy, count of Brionne,
55
–
7
,
66

Guy, count of Ponthieu (d. 1100),
113

Gwcharis the Irishman,
294

Gwynedd, king of,
293
–
4

Gyrth Godwineson, earl of East Anglia (d. 1066),
107
,
136
,
175
,
189
,
202
,
212
,
267

Gytha, wife of earl Godwine,
29
,
130
,
175
,
190
,
212
–
15
,
217
,
225

Hakon, earl,
28
–
9

Hakon, son of Earl Swein, hostage,
116
,
118
,
137
–
8

Halley, Edmond (d. 1742),
146

Halley’s Comet,
146
–
7

Hampshire,
73
,
194
–
5
,
202
,
291
,
311

Harold, brother of King Cnut,
29

Harold Godwineson, king of England (1066): character,
100
,
140
,
200
,
206
; rivalry with Ælfgar,
75
,
128
,
101
; relationship with Tostig,
104
,
129
–
30
,
138
,
147
–
8
,
165
; affinity,
107
; sons,
212
,
217
,
220
–
2
,
224
–
5
; written out of history by Normans,
335
selective chronological survey:
becomes earl of East Anglia (1045),
63
; flees to Ireland (1051),
72
,
102
; returns to England (1052),
77
,
294
; resigns East Anglia, becomes earl of Wessex (1053),
100
–
1
; leads army against Ælfgar and Gruffudd, negotiates peace (1055),
105
; visits Flanders (1056),
105
; power behind the throne (1057–66)
108
; invades Wales and topples Gruffudd (1062–3)
109
,
124
,
144
,
158
,
292
; visits Normandy (1064/5),
109
,
112
–
19
,
137
–
8
; swears oath to William,
4
,
114
–
17
,
129
,
142
,
177
,
332
,
370
; participates in Breton campaign,
114
; returns to ETC,
119
; builds hunting lodge at Portskewett (1065),
120
; negotiates with northern rebels (1065),
129
–
30
; allies with Eadwine and Morcar, marries Ealdgyth (1065/6),
136
–
9
; succeeds ETC as king (1066),
131
–
41
; coronation,
2
,
131
,
139
–
41
,
195
; visits York,
141
; prepares against invasion,
146
–
9
,
152
,
154
,
166
,
218
; learns of Norwegian invasion, marches north,
161
–
2
; defeats Norwegians at Stamford Bridge,
163
–
5
; learns of Norman invasion, marches south,
171
–
2
,
376
; exchanges messages with WTC,
172
–
3
; hurries towards Hastings,
174
–
5
,
191
,
248
; surprised by WTC,
176
–
7
; his banner,
201
,
278
; fights WTC at Hastings,
2
,
177
–
80
; death,
2
–
3
,
10
,
183
–
8
,
210
,
265
; burial,
190

Harold Hardrada (Sigurdson), king of Norway (1047–66)
62
,
155
–
65
; his banner, ‘Land-Waster’,
162

Harold Harefoot, king of England (1035–40)
31
–
3
,
35
–
40
,
44
,
132
–
3
,
361
–
2
,
368

harrying,
13
,
15
,
40
,
71
,
77
,
111
,
1
£
130,
174
,
194
–
5
,
199
,
219
,
222
,
233
,
251
,
290
,
306
,
313
,
328

Harrying of the North,
229
–
30
,
233
,
236
,
245
–
6
,
248
,
313
–
14
,
332
,
334
–
5
,
340
–
1

Harthacnut, king of Denmark (1035–42) and England (1040–2): loses England to Harold I due to delay in Denmark,
30
–
3
,
35
,
44
,
60
,
132
–
3
; supposed deal over England with Magnus of Norway,
60
,
157
; prepares to invade England,
37
–
8
; accedes peacefully after Harold I’s death,
38
,
142
; unpopularity,
38
–
41
,
64
,
71
,
76
; shares power with ETC,
41
–
2
,
133
; death,
42
,
59
,
61
; burial,
42
,
97
,
100

Hastings (Sussex),
171
,
174
,
176
,
178
,
191
–
2
,
194
,
221
; castle,
171
,
174
,
207
; rape of,
313

Hastings, battle of,
2
,
4
,
7
–
8
,
167
,
172
,
179
–
93
,
197
–
8
,
202
,
206
,
210
,
215
,
217
,
225
,
233
,
236
–
7
,
240
,
277
–
8
,
335
–
6
,
341
; burial of the dead after,
190
,
192

Henry I, king of England (1100–35), son of WTC,
273
–
5
,
318
–
19
,
329
–
30
,
344
–
5
,
347
,
349
–
51
,
392