Event: Burh - building, Fortress-manning/occupation/repair, Invasion, JourneyWilliam 1.landing at Pevensey

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Description William 1 crossed the sea [from Normandy] and landed at Pevensey, where at one he built a strongly entrenched fortification. He entrusted it to his warriors and speedily went to Hastings, where he quickly raised another one. Harold 3, hastening to take him by surprise, gathered innumerable English forces and, riding through the night, arrived at the battlefield at dawn.
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