Wigod

Wigod was the 11th century Saxon lord of the English town of Wallingford, and a kinsman of Edward the Confessor.

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After the Battle of Hastings, during the 1066 Norman invasion of England, William the Conqueror made for London, but was repulsed at the Thames River. Wigod invited William to Wallingford where he then crossed the river, aiding him in his conquest of England.

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His daughter Ealdgyth married Robert D'Oyly, one of William's lords. He became lord of Wallingford upon Wigod's death.

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11th century: As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100. In the history of European culture, this period is considered part of the High Middle Ages....

Wallingford: Wallingford is a small town in the Thames Valley in southern England....

Edward the Confessor: Edward the Confessor or Eadweard III (c. 1004–January 4/5, 1066) was the penultimate Anglo-Saxon king of England and the last of the House of Wessex, ruling from 1042 until his death.1 His reign marked the continuing disintegration of royal power in England and the aggrandizement of the great ...