Danes, Saxons and Normans; or, Stories of our ancestors

CHAPTER XX.

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THE CONQUEROR AND THE KENTISHMEN:--William finding no allegiance paid him, takes Dover and marches towards London--Is opposed by a large body of Kentishmen--The advancing wood--Parley with the Kentishmen--William turns towards the west, and crosses the Thames at Wallingford--The Saxon Wigod's treachery--Berkhampstead is taken