England · Warfare / Norman Invasion Wars. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
When the island is opened to the Normans, Morcar is captured and imprisoned, he remained in captivity until Williams death in 1087. Morcar joins the rebellion, initiated by the Abbot of Ely and tactically organized by Hereward the Wake, against William the Conqueror at the Isle of Ely
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