old english 11th century english landowner warrior appears extant sources period following england joining northern resistance end resistance continued capture alongside wake cited confiscated properties central northern england mentioned book clear main father earl derby following capture imprisoned lasted guilt ridden king william expectation death ordered release firm evidence later life non existent historians argued took career service emperor sources theory based led party english colonists black_sea renamed conquered territory new_england origins identifying origin difficult historians large number england century notable include men substance larger comparable anglo norman writer describing william stay says earl earl came submitted king william followed earl wild sons grand king edward historians thought arguing descendant bold earl daughter king king edward father historian translator pointed mentioned later ecclesiastical history landowner connection foundation likewise rejected identification identifying firmly according williams reconstruction brother sons daughter daughter explaining relationship believed edward historian member family presumably connected way earl editors believed senior member house possibly brother half brother historian pointed gave evidence assertion doubted hypothesis danish york revolt north england rule details recorded worry king william marched north began construction castles nottingham york lincoln cambridge apparently fled scotland beginning king william appointed robert new earl winter english murdered new castle york trapped norman sheriff york castle king william went north spring summer relieved siege restored castle placing charge leaders revolt english throne sheriff lincoln senior nobles autumn fleet danish king brother arrived coast england point involvement revolt documented related english leaders joined reached york general rising inhabitants ranks sons advance guard led danish norwegian forces followed william devastating expedition called north conducted winter minor engagements king william came agreement william held christmas court ruined city york brought peace summer william marched army william burnt church left party gone scotland year reports previously earl went ship bishop durham nicknamed barn sailing scotland arrived related confirms came men save captured release soon capture lands given norman warrior successors included according book time edward day death edward held different english counties stanford gloucestershire waste waste lincolnshire norfolk doubted estates belonged noting possibility estates belonged total value holdings pounds shillings ranks 21st english landowners time king edward rank earl heard year death chronicle john worcester relates king william return france fierce pains afflicted got worse day day illness worsened felt day death approaching set free brother bishop roger called barn king brother kept custody childhood kept imprisoned england normandy handed english kingdom william granted norman robert exiled france way fortified holy abandoned life kingdom thursday september ruling english kingdom years months days similar account specific names omitted unfortunately notice near contemporary reliable source modern historians argued subsequently mercenary service 13th century french chronicle known anonymous universal chronicle 14th century text short saga devoted life relate story english warriors sail constantinople escape dominion found colony black_sea called new_england says leader expedition gloucester force said rescued constantinople siege emperor offered men positions according sources english expressed desire territory told land sea empire occupied emperor subsequently granted land english party led sailed onwards control land sources lay days north north east constantinople distance direction puts territory sea battles defeated drove away says territory renamed new_england saga claims towns land named english towns including london york later english rebelled byzantine authority pirates theory advocated pointed called earl gloucester holdings gloucestershire substantial book property county participant resistance argued narrative question referred asserted release prison fell acknowledging participating resistance pointed prominent literary sources unlike property gloucestershire historians commented point accepted identification remained neutral
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