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Siege of Peterborough

Name: Siege of Peterborough – England factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

England · Warfare / Norman Invasion Wars. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records

1070Date range

2Named people

2Places

Chronological records

1070

Hereward the Wake1070

Ely · Warfare / Norman Invasion Wars

Hereward the Wake sacks Peterborough Abbey & retreats to the Island of Ely. Hereward the Wake sacks Peterborough abbey & retreats to the island of Ely

William I the Conqueror1070

Peterborough · Warfare / Norman Invasion Wars

Hereward the Wake sacks Peterborough abbey & retreats to the island of Ely

Names involved

Hereward the WakeWilliam I the Conqueror

Provenance

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