In the 13th century the Black Plague swept through England and when it was over 11 out of every 12 people were dead! In Europe in the 16th Century the Black death again swept across the land leaving death in its wake. In revewing the story of William the Conqueror and the mystery of the "Doomsday" book, I have come to the conclusion that William's story is one of lies engendered by expediancy,and the ignorance of modern historians. In many ways it is like the story of Moses. The first errors became compounded into a history that is untrue. A study of the Doomsday book led me to realize that something very strange was going on in merry little England at the time of the Conquest that could not be accounted for by Williams conquest. I believe that a plague of terrible dimensions was the cause. The following book is the result of those studies.

OUTLINE FOR BOOK.

INTRODUCTION

1. CHAPTER ONE; PRECONQUEST HISTORY
2. CHAPTER TWO; HAROLD BECOMES KING OF ENGLAND
3. CHAPTER THREE; THE SILENT MONTHS
4. CHAPTER FOUR; HISTORY AFTER THE FACT
5. CHAPTER FIVE; HAROLDS ARMY AT WINCHESTER.
6. CHAPTER SIX; SETTING THE STAGE
7. CHAPTER SEVEN; WILLIAM THE CON ARTIST
8. CHAPTER EIGHT; PORTENTS
9. CHAPTER NINE; ENGLISH? WHO ARE THEY?
10. CHAPTER TEN; THE CONQUEST.
11. CHAPTER ELEVEN; HISTORY REVISED.
12. CONCLUSION.

CHAPTER ONE.

PRE CONQUEST HISTORY

I know what your going to say! Not another book on William! Haven�t we had enough books on that old story? Yes, we have. So I�ll tell you right now that this is not another book going over the same old ground. In fact I am going to shock the historical community by saying that they missed the boat completely on poor old William. They have been suckers for his propaganda ploy. He lied to the world completely. He never conquered England because it had already been conquered-by a plague. After 20 years of research I feel I can present enough hard evidence to back up this claim.

I have spent the last 50 years of my life researching mans history and during that time I have come across many anomalies that have intrigued me and put me off the course I was on. Williams history was one of those anomolies. As I pursued my original course I also gathered data on William. I first stumbled onto the truth about him by a stupid error. I had picked up a book on the 14th century plague that swept across Europe. I knew about the 14th century plague, as I had read the �Decameron of Boccaccio� at the tender age of 12 years (by mistake). When this other book wrote about the deaths in England, for some reason I cannot fathom, I mixed up my dating and related it to the time of the Conquest, saying to myself, �for heavens sake, no wonder William had an easy conquest, everyone was dead!�

This stuck in my mind and irritated me whenever I read small bits on that subject. Finally I went back to the library and got the book out again and realized my mistake. I felt like a fool of course, but the concept stuck in my mind. As I began to read whatever books I could on William I began to realize that most writers were rehashing old ground from previous writers and just giving more pedantic versions of someone else�s work. In fact it was amazing how florid some writers could be on a subject that had little basis in reality.

I finally came across a book that detailed all the proven or known facts on the conquest. Unfortunatly that author also followed the usual line of accepted history. But he did give me a clear basis from which to work. When I began to follow the conquest with the concept of a plague having swept the land everything began to fall into place. Actions that didn�t make sense before became clear. That left me with only one problem; the plague itself. Was it an impossible concept? Could there have been an unreported plague that swept the land? In the last few years there have been some marvelous books come out by writers who have recorded a history of this world that is not in the usual history books. They gathered this knowledge in the pursuit of U.F.O.�S in our past. One of them has reports on many unnoticed plagues from Roman times to the present day. So, yes! There could have been a plague in England at the time. What nature of plague I have no idea. But I do not feel that is important to the story of Williams conquest.

I do not expect this book to be the difinitive answer to his story. I see it as a clue that other more aggressive historians will pursue.

One thing you cannot do is reject it as a silly idea. There is not one thing in this book that is not possible. And what is possible is also probable. Nor can you refuse it on the grounds that I have no degree in History. I would remind you that knowledge is knowledge and I have read some pretty stupid theories put forth by men of many degrees in my lifetime.

While this is not a history book, we still need to know who the players are before we can proceed with the detective story. Below are the bare bones of the cast. For in this mystery story events take the place of actors at times. Each one is more detailed in the glossery.

HISTORY OF WILLIAMS FAMILY

1013 A.D.= Swyn Forkbeard conquers England, with his son Canute. He forces King Ethelred to flee to Norway.
1013 A.D.= King Ethelred leaves England with his two young sons Edward and Alfred and takes them to the court of Richard, Duke of Normandy. Richard is his wife Emma�s brother.
= or the second history; he flees to Norway.
1014 A.D.= Swyn dies leaving Emma, his queen, a widow with two sons. Canute withdrew to Denmark.
1013 A.D.= Canute invaded England.21 yrs old. Ethelred Dies.
1015 A.D.= the Witan chooses Edmund Ironsides as King.
= Canute reigns in the north, Edmund in the south.
1016A.D. = Edmund dies. Then the Witan elected Canute.
= Canute marries Emma, 35? yrs old. Her children sent into exile.
Edward 10 or 12 years old, and Alfred, in Normandy.
1018A.D. = CANUTE succeeded to the throne of Denmark. After expeditions
to Norway, he threw out Olaf II in 1028, thus becoming ruler of
three kingdoms. He made his expeditions to Norway, he threw out
Harthacanute, king of Denmark and his son Swyn, King of Norway.
= Godwin rises to power. Harold was the son of Canute by his first
wife. Canute and Emma have a son called Hardicanute.
= Godwin=becomes companion to King Canute.
= Godwin-marries a Danish relative of Canutes. Has children; Swyn,
Harold, Tosteg and Edith.
1028 A.D.= Duke Richard II of Normandy,eldest son,is killed.
10?? A.D.= Duke Richard II�s youngest son Robert the devil has a son
WILLIAM by his mistress Arletta.
10?? A.D = Robert is now Duke of Normandy.
1034 A.D.= Canute dies, Harold is now King of England.
= Robert, Duke of Normandy makes WILLIAM his heir at the age of
seven and leaves for Palistine on a pilgramige but he dies on
the way home.
1035 A.D.= Alfred is invited to England by a letter. Earl Godwin meets him
but Harold takes him and rides him naked through the streets
after putting out his eyes. Alfred dies from infection. He
leaves a young son.
= Harold dies. Hardicanute is now king.
= Hardicanute sends for Edward.
= Hardicanute dies.
1043 A.D.= Edward is crowned King of England in April with the help of
Godwin. Edward marries Edith. He is 38 yrs.
1047 A.D.= William gains mastery of Normandy at battle of VAl-ce-Dunes
1048 A.D.= Edward and Godwin quarrel over Count Eustace�s rude behaviour
at dover. 20 Burghers dead, 19 foreigners.
= Godwin and his three sons banished from England. Edward also
banishes Edith to a Nunnary.
1052 A.D.= William goes to England to see Edward.
1052 A.D.= William marries Matilda.
= Tostig marries one of Matilda�s sisters.
1052 A.D.= Godwin returns to Edwards court but dies soon after.
= Harold takes his place.
1054 A.D.= Edward,king, sends for Edward the Aetheling (heir).
= Bishop of Worcester sent abroad to find survivers of Royal house,
Edward, son of Edmund Ironside.
1057 A.D.= The Aetheling finally arrives with his son Edgar.
The Aetheling Edward died soon after his return. The King took
his children into the court.
1064 A.D.= Harold arrives in the bay of St. Valery. The controversial oath
of allegiance to William takes place. He returns to England.
1065 A.D.= Tostegs thanes rebel and they toss him out. The King is forced
to send him out of England.
1066 A.D.= Jan. 5th. Death of Edward, king of England.
= sometime in here Godwin becomes a companion of King Canute and
is given his (Canutes) Wife�s sister for a bride. Godwin had
many children but only 4 interest us, SWYN, HAROLD, TOSTIG, AND
EDITH.
= Harold is now King of England. He is in his early 40�s.


Those are the players in this drama of life and death and they are real people.

Notice how much information there is previous to the Conquest.