CHAPTER XII.

THE REIGN OF WILLIAM I.

After Hastings--Election of Edgar Atheling--Submission of London and Accession of William--Tumult during his Coronation--Character of his Government--Return to Normandy--Affairs during his Absence--Suppression of the First English Rebellion--Rebellion in the North--The Last National Effort--The Reform of the Church--The Erection of Castles--Plan of a Norman Castle--End of Edwin and Morcar--"The Last of the Saxons"--Affairs in Maine--Conspiracy of the Norman Nobles--The Execution of Waltheof--Punishment of Ralph the Wader--The Story of Walcher of Durham--Expeditions to Scotland and Wales--Quarrels between William and his Sons--Domesday Book--The Creation of the New Forest--Punishment of Odo of Bayeux--The Death of William--Incidents at his Burial--Character of William 107