Thursday November 25th 1120 AD
King Henry sailed safely from Barfleur on Thursday night, but his son Prince William, along with many members of his family, eminent noblemen, councillors and companions as well as distinguished clerics, advisers and courtiers perished in a tragic accident when their late-night ferry struck off-shore rocks at Barfleur.
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February 2nd 1101 AD
Disgraced ex-minister, Ranulf Flambard, long-time henchman of the late King William Rufus, (killed by an arrow last August in a hunting accident), broke out of the notorious Thameside Tower on the night of Candelmas and disappeared without trace. Imprisoned by the present king for a string of offences including withholding payments to the church, appropriating lands, intimidation and amassing a private fortune at the expense of the public treasury, he strenuously denied all charges, claiming to have been ‘made a scapegoat.’
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