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The exact number of soldiers in Harold's army at Hastings is unknown, as contemporary records do not give reliable figures. Some Norman sources give 400,000 to 1,200,000 on Harold's side, [k] while English sources seem to underestimate Harold's army, perhaps to make the English defeat seem less devastating. [69]
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Recent historians have suggested figures of between 5000 and 13,000 for Harold's army at Hastings, [49] but most agree on a range of between 7000 and 8000 English troops. [ 50 ] [ 51 ] These men would have comprised a mix of the fyrd (militia mainly composed of foot soldiers) and the housecarls , or nobleman's personal troops, who usually also ...
Roll of Battle Abbey, various in number, date and reliability, surviving from 16th century. The original version, now long lost, is said to have been placed in Battle Abbey, built by William the Conqueror on the spot of King Harold's death, shortly after the Battle. Roll of Dives-sur-Mer, Normandy, 1862.
Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945. Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval and Military Press. ISBN 978-1-84342-474-1. "The Assault Landings in Normandy : Order of Battle British Second Army" (PDF). Defence Academy of the United Kingdom. "British Army Follow-on Divisions Operation Overlord: 6 June 1944" (PDF). 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines. 2010.
The Battle of Hastings was on 14 October 1066, and Taillefer died on that day; Eisenhower was born on 14 October 1890; and "Eisenhower" can be translated from German as "hewer of iron". It is weakly attested in Burke's 1853 work Burke's Landed Gentry for 1853, Vol. IV, p. 237ff that the descendants of Taillefer included a local Baron of Oapenge ...
[20] [18] These confiscations led to revolts, which resulted in more confiscations, a cycle that continued for five years after the Battle of Hastings. [17] To put down and prevent further rebellions the Normans constructed castles and fortifications in unprecedented numbers, [21] initially mostly on the motte-and-bailey pattern. [22]
As the household troops of Harold Godwinson, the housecarls had a crucial role as the backbone of Harold's army at Hastings. Although they were numerically the smaller part of Harold's army, their possibly superior equipment and training meant they could have been used to strengthen the militia, or fyrd, which made up most of Harold's troops ...