Easter 1070- William had his second coronation in Westminster Abbey

Church and warfare

• William ordered the building of Battle Abbey on the grounds of the Battle of Hastings → completed in 1094 after his death (alternative to paying penance for all the people that he had killed)

Church resistance and reform

• Ativan’s was replaced as Archbishop of Canterbury and Archbishop Lanfranc took his position- Italian priest who had served many years in Norman monasteries

• Other senior Church leaders were replaced with Norman monks and priests

• William ordered all monasteries should provide men or money to serve the king as knights

Hereward and the resistance at Ely

• William ordered a search if all monasteries- taking all the hidden wealth and treasure→ funds to pay off mercenaries and send them home

• Ely was an island that stood a few metres above the marshland (Fens)

• June 1070- overrun by Danes → lead by Asbjorn (brother of the Danish king)

• King Svein arrived in May with reinforcements → no resistance from the English as they hoped the Danes would overthrow William

Hereward

• 2 June 1070- Hereward raided Peterborough - burning houses and taking gold and silver → planned when he heard there was going to be a new Norman abbot

• he presented the treasures to the Danes to thank them for fighting the Normans

• Hereward had carried out other successful attacks against the Normand in East Anglia and Lincolnshire

• strong and well-protected base at Ely