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This Stone having been much mutilated, and the inscriptions on each of its three sides defaced, this more Durable Memorial, with the original inscriptions, was erected in the year 1841, by Wm [William] Sturges Bourne Warden. King William the Second, surnamed Rufus being slain, as before related, was laid in a cart, belonging to one Purkis, [e ...
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Pendragon Castle, ca 1740. Despite legend (and the discovery of a Roman coin) there is no evidence of any pre-Norman use of this site.The castle was built in the 12th century by Ranulph de Meschines, during the reign of King William Rufus.
Death of William II. Lithograph, 1895. Walter Tirel III [a] (1065 – some time after 1100), nicknamed the "Red Knight of Normandie", was an Anglo-Norman nobleman. He is infamous for his involvement in the death of King William II of England, also known as William Rufus.
King William II, the third son of William the Conqueror, was known as William Rufus. He reigned as King of England from 1087 until his death in 1100, at which point his younger brother, Prince ...
[5] William Rufus' life is the focus of Judith Tarr's historical fantasy novel, King's Blood (2005). [6] William is one of several British monarchs featured in Heir to a Prophecy (2014) by Mercedes Rochelle. [7] William also appears briefly in The Rufus Spy (2018), one of the Aelf Fen historical mystery novels by Alys Clare. [8]
Ranulf Flambard [a] (c. 1060 – 5 September 1128) was a medieval Norman Bishop of Durham and an influential government official of King William Rufus of England. Ranulf was the son of a priest of Bayeux, Normandy, and his nickname Flambard means incendiary or torch-bearer, and may have referred to his personality.
John II de Balliol (died 1314), son of above, reigned as King of Scotland from 1292 to 1296, as a descendant of David I of Scotland of the House of Dunkeld. Edward de Balliol (died 1364), eldest son of John; from 1332 to 1356 he was a pretender to the Scottish throne with the support of England, in opposition to David II of Scotland .