The Norman Conquest (88 page)

Taillefer, juggling swordsman,
180
,
187

taxation, geld,
24
,
27
,
28
,
39
–
40
,
48
,
75
–
6
,
123
–
4
,
130
,
157
,
201
,
213
–
14
,
217
,
235
,
242
,
312
–
13
,
315
–
17
,
325
,
337
,
345
,
352
;
see also
tribute

Tay, river,
103
,
252

Tees, river,
121
–
2
,
128
,
232
–
3

Thames, river,
31
–
3
,
39
,
72
,
77
,
130
,
194
–
5
,
210
,
245

thegns,
26
–
8
,
31
–
2
,
41
,
75
,
107
–
8
,
128
,
208
,
214
,
299
,
320

Thetford (Norfolk),
258
; bp of,
263

Thimert (Eure-et-Loir), castle,
110
Thomas (of Bayeux), abp of York (1070–1100)
273
,
319

Thorkell the Tall, earl of East Anglia,
28
–
9

Thorney (Cambs), abbey,
306

Thurbrand (the Hold),
265

Thurbrand, son of Carl,
278

Thurstan, abt of Glastonbury,
261
–
2
,
319

Tillières (Eure), castle,
53
,
110
,
364

Tinchebray (Orne), battle of,
345

Tonbridge (Kent),
283
,
319
; castle,
283

Tostig Godwineson, earl of Northumbria (d. 1066): character,
103
–
4
; piety,
123
,
125
; relationship with his brother, Harold,
104
,
129
–
30
,
137
–
8
,
147
–
8
,
165
; flees to Flanders with parents (1051),
72
,
123
; becomes earl of Northumbria (1055),
103
–
4
,
122
,
253
; pillar of the realm,
108
; invades Wales with Harold (1063),
109
; unpopularity as earl,
123
–
4
; fails to defend Northumbria from Scots,
124
–
7
; arranges murder of rivals (1063/4),
127
,
263
; rebellion against,
128
–
30
,
136
,
210
; banishment (1065),
130
,
158
; attacks England from Flanders (1066),
147
–
9
,
158
,
373
; seeks Scandinavian allies,
158
–
60
,
225
; invades England with HaroldHardrada,
154
,
161
; wins victory at Fulford,
162
; defeated and killed at Stamford Bridge,
163
–
5
,
173
; buried in York,
165
,
172

Trahaearn ap Caradog (d. 1081),
294

Trelleborg fortresses, Denmark,
14

tribute,
14
–
15
,
28
,
45
,
123
,
193
,
200
–
2
,
235
,
296
,
312

Troarn (Calvados), monastery,
89

Truce of God
see
Peace of God Tuscany, countess of,
303

Turold, abt of Peterborough,
243
–
4
,
246

Turold (d. 1041), tutor to WTC,
52

Tyne, river,
160
,
210
,
219
,
222
,
233
,
290

Uhtred, earl of Northumbria (d. 1016),
126
–
7
,
253
,
265

Ulf, earl,
29

Urse d’Abetôt, sheriff of Worcester,
284

Val-ès-Dunes (Calvados), battle of,
56
–
8
,
66
,
80
,
89
,
112
,
142
,
365

Valognes (Manche),
56
–
7

Varaville (Calvados), battle of,
94
,
110

Le Vaudreuil (Eure), castle,
52

Vegetius, Roman author,
178

Vexin,
327
–
8

Vikings,
12
–
18
,
25
,
27
,
45
–
9
,
66
,
86
,
121
–
2
,
126
,
132
,
144
,
154
–
5
,
158
,
163
–
5
,
172
,
226
,
242
,
245
,
297
,
339
;
see also
Danes

Viking Ship Museum, Roskilde,
150

Wace, historian,
56
–
7
,
141
,
143
–
5
,
150
–
1
,
178

Walcher, bp of Durham (1071–80)
240
,
252
,
266
,
270
,
290

Wales,
9
,
25
,
104
–
5
,
109
,
120
,
126
,
129
,
138
,
144
,
158
,
218
,
250
,
291
–
4
,
296
–
7
,
319
,
333
,
338
; The Welsh,
120
,
124
,
128
,
208
,
218
,
227
,
292
–
4
,
340

Walkelin, bp of Winchester (1070–98),
298
,
319

Wallingford (Oxon), town and castle,
195
,
207
,
313

Walter, abt of Evesham,
260
,
285

Walter, bp of Hereford (1060–79)
108

Walter, count of Maine (1062–3),
11

Walter, uncle of WTC,
52

Waltham (Essex), abbey,
190
,
376

Waltheof, earl of Northumbria (d. 1076), son of Siward,
103
,
253
,
264
–
6
,
268
–
9
,
273
,
278
,
280
,
290
,
320
,
339