The Norman Conquest (89 page)

wapentakes,
121

Warin, abt of Malmesbury,
260

Warwick, castle,
219
,
247
,
313
,
334

waste
see
Domesday weapons and armour,
1
–
2
,
26
,
47
,
54
,
62
,
76
,
139
,
164
,
178
–
82
,
184
–
186
,
188
,
223
,
276

Wearmouth (Durham),
247

Wells, bp of,
see
Giso

Wenric of Trier,
333

Wessex,
12
–
13
,
15
,
29
–
32
,
71
,
75
,
95
,
100
–
1
,
107
,
121
,
129
–
30
,
138
,
174
,
208
; earl of,
see
Godwine; Harold

Westminster,
146
,
191
,
270
,
299
,
318
; abbey,
38
–
9
,
96
–
7
,
131
,
134
,
136
,
139
,
149
,
198
,
216
,
258
,
334
,
350
,
353
,
362
; palace,
96
–
7
,
198
,
368

Wherwell (Hants), nunnery,
73

Whitby (Yorks), abbey,
340

Wight, isle of,
15
,
77
,
147
,
149
,
154
,
161
,
202
,
278
,
302
,
326

William, bp of London (1051–75)
95

William, count of Arques, uncle of WTC,
83
,
85

William Ætheling (d. 1120), son of Henry I,
349
–
50

William de Chernet,
311

William de Percy,
235

William de Warenne (d. 1088),
215

William fitz Osbern, earl of Hereford (d. 1071): friend and counsellor of WTC,
55
,
143
,
145
–
6
,
277
; monastic foundations,
89
,
296
; provides ships for invasion,
145
–
6
; his lands in England,
202
,
218
,
247
,
268
,
277
–
8
; his conquests in Wales,
292
,
296
; regent (1067),
202
,
206
–
7
,
209
,
255
; defends York (1069),
224
; suppresses rebellions in Midlands and south-west (1069),
227
; proposes plunder of monasteries (1070),
235
; death,
254
–
5
; sons of,
see
Roger of Breteuil; William of Breteuil

William Giroie,
51

William Longsword, count of Rouen (d. 942),
16

William of Breteuil, son of William fitz Osbern,
275
,
299

William of Jumiéges (
selected
references
): importance for WTC’s early career,
20
; wrote close to events,
21
,
34
,
52
; but revised after Conquest for WTC,
21
,
167
; chronology not a strong point,
34
; neutrality,
19
,
36
; coy about ducal marriages,
44
,
67
; but not ducal brutality,
81
,
187
; interpolated by Orderic,
81
,
373

William of Malmesbury, historian (
selected references
), Anglo-Norman parentage,
348
; popularity,
347
; pro-English sentiments,
140
,
178
,
340
,
347
; fondness for stories,
100
,
165
,
303
,
328

William of Poitiers (
selected references
): importance,
7
,
53
–
4
; problems with,
42
,
54
; WTC’s chaplain,
54
,
142
; formerly a knight,
54
,
176
,
182
; well-informed,
116
,
166
,
197
,
373
,
378
–
9
; but economical with the truth,
81
–
2
,
186–91
,
194
–
5
; dubious assertions,
111
,
117
,
182
,
200
,
217
,
244
–
5
,
249
,
263
,
276
; classical allusions,
84
,
168
,
171
,
178
,
182
,
203
,
295
,
297
; use of William of Jumiéges,
114
–
15
; hostility to Harold Godwineson,
135
,
175
,
206
; use of the
Carmen
,
167
,
178
,
191
; used by Orderic Vitalis,
206
,
217
,
230
,
234
,
244
,
250
,
252
; opinion of the English,
264
–
5

William of St Calais, bp of Durham (1080–96)
319

William of Volpiano (d. 1031), monastic reformer,
87
,
98

William Rufus, king of England (1087–1100)
273
–
5
,
288
,
299
,
303
,
319
,
329
–
30
,
344
–
5
,
349
,
351
,
391
–
2

William the Conqueror (William the Bastard), king of England (1066–87) duke of Normandy (1035–87)

character, qualities, interests:
physical appearance,
2
,
54
,
327
; bastardy,
22
,
43
–
4
,
56
; bynames,
43
; friendships,
55
,
88
,
143
,
215
,
219
,
254
,
256
,
283
; prowess,
54
,
57
; brutality,
81
–
2
,
332
–
3
; chivalry,
264
–
5
,
267
,
339
; spirituality,
88
,
142
; wisdom,
333
; severity,
299
,
333
; avarice,
314
,
333
; concern for legitimacy,
335
–
6
; promotion of Church reform,
92
–
3
,
368
; love of hunting,
141
,
199
,
226
,
291
; monastic foundations,
89
,
112
,
178
,
204
,
237
,
273
,
330
,
333
! other building projects,
112
,
296
–
8