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Hereward . The many guises of folklore legend Hereward the Wake have blurred the fact that he is a historical figure – even the appellation ‘the Wake’ (the alert/ the ever watchful over his folk) is said to be a much later invention – yet we can identify his existence from entries in the Anglo Saxon Chronicle and Domesday Book, the two most reliable sources of the age.
Hereward carries his brother's head into the Great Hall where the Normans are feasting. As he walks up to the Norman head honcho, the revelry falls silent. Hereward slams his sword onto the table, and says to the Norman "I thank thee for my brother's head, cur!", and thrusts his sword through the Norman's belly. Mayhem ensues.
Pause to remember Hereward, Folk hero of the Fens and his brave army of adherents who stood valiantly against insurmountable odds in defence of their own land, their own institutions and their own folk on the Isle of Ely against William the Conqueror. When Ely fell England fell. We will remember them. 27th October 1071 - 27th October 2024.
Charles Kingsley's novel published in 1866, in which the story of this most famous of English freedom-fighters achieved its definitive modern form, is simply an engrossment of the Gesta material. The origins of the Gesta are explained by the author in his introduction, addressed to an unnamed authority -- perhaps Hervey, first bishop of Ely ...
1965 • 16 Episodes. Season 1 of Hereward the Wake premiered on September 12, 1965. The Last Of The English. (1x16, December 26, 1965) Season Finale. View All Seasons.
From 1070-1071, William had to deal with the combined force of the Danes, Hereward the Wake and Earl Morcar. In 1070 and 1071, the Danes and Anglo-Saxon rebels raided Peterborough Abbey, and the Danes sailed away with its wealth. Hereward was joined by Earl Morcar, and they prepared to defend Ely.
