Wɔ afe 1170 no mu, ''na ɛyɛ nea abu so sɛ nnipa mienu bɛtena abom sɛ ɔyere ne okunu wɔ bre a wɔnwaree, na afei nso anuanom a wɔ ware wɔn ho no nso yɛ nea ɛkɔɔ so'', na afei nso na ɛnyɛ aniwaude wɔ kane England sɛ obi bɛyɛ adwaman ba. Sɛ nhwɛsoɔ no, akwanya a na , William the Conqueror wɔ sɛ odi ade wɔ Normandy no anhyia akwansideɛ biara a ɛnfa ho sɛ na ɔyɛ adwaman ba, na akasakasaa ɛkɔɔ ɔne Harold Godwinson ntam no nanso anyɛ akwnside wɔ nea ɔfata sɛ odi England so. Nanso afoforɔ nneyɛe de fa adwaman mma ho ma no bɛyɛɛ den sɛ adwaman mma bedi ade wɔ England .