A relative of this ruler was put on trial for stealing churchlands from Lafranc, and this man summoned his nobles and made them swear loyalty in the Oath of Salisbury.  
A relative of this ruler was put on trial for stealing churchlands from Lafranc, and this man summoned his nobles and made them swear loyalty in the Oath of Salisbury.  This successor to Edgar Aetheling wrote a letter to Lafranc ordering that his half-brother Odo be freed from jail. This king ordered for a destructive campaign to gain control of Northumbria in his (*) Harrying of the North, and he ordered for the compilation of a written record of England, the Domesday Book. This king led the Norman conquest of England, and his most famous victory is depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry. For ten points, name this English king who defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings.
A relative of this ruler was put on trial for stealing churchlands from Lafranc, and this man summoned his nobles and made them swear loyalty in the Oath of Salisbury.  
William the Conqueror [or William I of England; prompt on “William”] &lt;RP&gt;