Daily Medieval

When William of Normandy decided to conquer England, he planned carefully. This was going to be a big undertaking, and he needed help and a...

So...Sandwich. Most people just think about the food item that shares its name, but it has had more history than that, and not just as a Cin...

The Cinque Ports were, initially, five port towns on the southeast coast of England. Over the centuries, the rights and privileges granted ...

The earliest settlement in Salisbury was Old Sarum, and by "earliest" we mean starting at c.3000BCE. Around 400BCE a hill fort was...

I mentioned previously that St. Æthelwold had a single church dedicated to him in England. It is in Alvingham, in the East Lindsey district ...

Ralph Flambard was born in Bayeux, Normandy six years before William the Conqueror crossed the English Channel and became King of England. ...

Best guess arrangement of opposing troops The Battle of Hastings gets remembered on 14 October; that's when the forces of William o...

The first part is here . Death of Harald Hardrada, illustration from Matthew Paris King Harold Godwinson of England, hearing th...

Tomb of Remigius, Lincoln Cathedral [ link ] A "ship list" exists of the ships used by William of Normandy when he conquered E...

Matilda of Flanders (c.1031-1083), also called Maud, was the wife of William II of Normandy (later William the Conqueror). Their legendary a...

When Leofric , Earl of Mercia, died in 1057, his estate of Kingsbury passed to his widow, the Countess Godgifu, better known to later genera...

In 1085, Duke William of Normandy had been ruling England as King William for twenty years (it all started here ). He decided it was finally...