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1066
FROM ENGLISH CHRONICLERS 87
ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE, MS. C, S.A. 1066. l
[Tosti, Harold's 2
brother,] went north into the Humber ;
and he harried there in Lindsey, and slew there many good men .
When earl Edwin [of Mercia] and earl Morcar [of Northum- "
bria] learned this, they came thither and drove him from the
land.
And then he went to Scotland ;
protected him, and aided him with provisions.
there all the summer.
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3 and the king of the Scots
ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE, MS. D, S.A. 1067.
And he abode
Then it was announced to king [William] that the people
in the north had gathered themselves together, and would
stand against him if he came.
Then he went to Nottingham, and built a castle there ;
and went on to York, and built there two castles ; and in
Lincoln, and everywhere in that part.
And earl Gospatric and the best men went to Scotland. 4
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ORDERIC VITAL, IV, 5, IN MIGNE, PATROLOGIA, VOL. 188, COL.
314-315.
When the men of York heard this, 5 in great fear they has-
1
Cf. Fl. of W., i, 225-227 ; S. of D., H.R., ii,
H. of H., 200. W. of M., G.R., i, 280-281.
2
I.e., hearing of the approach of Harold.
3 "
MS. D : And the mariners forsook him ;
179-181 ; Hoved., i, 111.
with twelve ships.
with three hundred ships ;
Similarly MS. E ;
and he went to Scotland,
And Harald [Hardrada], king of Norway, met him there,
and Tosti submitted to him and became his man."
and cf. H. of H., W. of M. But MS. C and Fl. of W. place
their meeting in the Tyne.
After a victory over Edwin and Mortar on the 20th September, Harald
Hardrada and Tosti were beaten and slain by Harold at Stamford Bridge, on
"
the 24th September ; A.S.C., MSS. C, D. And meanwhile earl William
came ashore at Hastings," on the 29th September ; MS. E.
Among the survivors of Stamford Bridge was the earl of Orkney, (A.S.C.,
MS. D,) Paul by name, who had been left with the party guarding the ships ;
Fl. of W., i, 226-227.
According to Ad. of Brem. the king of Scots took part in person in the
battle ; M.G.H., SS., vii, 356.
4 MS. D, s.a. 1067, has already related the flight of the royal family :
v. infra, note.
5 Heard, i.e., of William's advance to Nottingham.