ALL HISTORY

Question 1

1050

Answer 1

Earl godwin exiled, possible deal between King Edward and Duke William

Question 2

1051

Answer 2

Godwin returns with an army, Edward makes Godwin Earl of Wessex again

Question 3

1053

Answer 3

Death of Earl Godwin, Harold Godwinson made Earl of Wessex

Question 4

1055

Answer 4

Tostig Godwinson made earl of Northumbria

Question 5

1062

Answer 5

Godwins defeat welsh king, Gruffudd ap Llyywelyn

Question 6

1064

Answer 6

Harold’s Embassy to Normandy

Question 7

1065

Answer 7

Uprising against Tostig, Tostig exiled

Question 8

1066

Answer 8

Death of Edward the confessor, Harold becomes king, Battle of Hastings

Question 9

1066 (2)

Answer 9

William crowned king on Christmas day, lands forfeited to the king

Question 10

1067

Answer 10

William returns to Normandy to celebrate his victory, returns in December

Question 11

1067

Answer 11

Bishop Odo made Earl of Kent, co-regent of England

Question 12

1068

Answer 12

Revolt of Earls Edwina and Morcar

Question 13

1069

Answer 13

Rebellions in the North

Question 14

1069-1070

Answer 14

Harrying of the North

Question 15

1070

Answer 15

Strand replaced by Lanfranc as Archbishop of Canterbury

Question 16

1070-71

Answer 16

Hereward the wake and the revolt of Ely

Question 17

1071

Answer 17

Edwin’s lands forfeited

Question 18

1075

Answer 18

Revolt of the Earls

Question 19

1076

Answer 19

Inquiry into Bishop Odo’s illegal land grabs

Question 20

1077

Answer 20

Robert Curthose rebels against his father William

Question 21

1080

Answer 21

Robert and William reconciled

Question 22

1082

Answer 22

Bishop Odo imprisoned

Question 23

1083

Answer 23

Death of Matilda, Williams wife and trusted regent

Question 24

1084

Answer 24

Heavy geld tax levied

Question 25

1085

Answer 25

William orders Domesday book surveys

Question 26

1085

Answer 26

Threat of Danish invasion means William brings thousands more troops to England

Question 27

1086

Answer 27

First draft of Domesday book shown to William, landholders summoned to swear allegiance

Question 28

1087

Answer 28

Death of William in Normandy, William II (William Rufus) crowned King of England

Question 29

1088

Answer 29

Odo leads rebellion against William Rufus, which is defeated