In an account of this king's rule, Orderic Vitalis claimed that he confessed to being a "barbarous murderer" on his deathbed. At the Trial of Penenden Heath, this king ordered the investigation of Lanfranc's claims that Odo of Bayeux had stolen lands from the church. He commissioned the Battle Abbey and led a brutal campaign against Northern territories, called the Harrying of the North. This king won a battle fought near Senlac Hill that took place shortly after the loser's victory at the Battle of Stamford Bridge. This man ordered a census of his lands compiled in the Domesday Book. For 10 points, name this king who won the Battle of Hastings and became England's f
In an account of this king's rule, Orderic Vitalis claimed that he confessed to being a "barbarous murderer" on his deathbed. At the Trial of Penenden Heath, this king ordered the investigation of Lanfranc's claims that Odo of Bayeux had stolen lands from the church. He commissioned the Battle Abbey and led a brutal campaign against Northern territories, called the Harrying of the North. This king won a battle fought near Senlac Hill that took place shortly after the loser's victory at the Battle of Stamford Bridge. This man ordered a census of his lands compiled in the Domesday Book. For 10 points, name this king who won the Battle of Hastings and became England's first Norman king.
In an account of this king's rule, Orderic Vitalis claimed that he confessed to being a "barbarous murderer" on his deathbed.
William the Conqueror [or William I; or William the Bastard; prompt on William]