My thoughts on 1066 events

 Pevensey to Hastings I acknowledge the work done by John Grehan and Nick Austin  in doing some of the background work that has made my life and research easier.  John Grehan/ Martin Mace  - Use of Ships to get from Pevensey to Hastings Nick Austin - State of Selected Manors post October 1066 Use of Boat on Roman Fort In my previous post we had got Wiliam to Pevensey and in this post I will take my narrative up to the the establishment of Hastings as a centre of operations. Today Pevensey is some miles inland but back in 1066 the island of Pevensey was on the edge of "Pevensey Bay" and the island itself was just big enough for the Roman fort that was built there in the 400's plus a little bit. More historic information can be obtained on  https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/media/1740/pevensey_eus_report_maps.pdf I'm not going to get into whether or not William stumbled when he waded ashore at Pevensey as the incident is immaterial in my view to the narrative.  M...

King and Conqueror - The continuing story of William and Harold   Hi,  This blog will be about the content of the television programme " King and Conqueror" not its participants. I'll let you decide whose acting is best/worst/indifferent, you don't need me for that.  Let me introduce myself. I'm Kevin and I've been researching the Battle of Hastings for about 10 years. I'm a electronics engineer by training and education having walked the route from avionic repair technician to licensing of Satellite Ground Stations and other such duties in the Radiocommunications Agency. My interest in the battle of Hastings started when Nick Austin and John Grehan published books on alternative sites for the battle. Mix in my favourite Sunday night programme, Time Team and you've piqued my interest. So, starting with D.M Wilson's excellent book on the Bayeux Tapestry I started my own research. I have since acquired authoritative translations of the other three 11...