17 AUGUST 1944, page 9

I Was Always Told As A Boy That When Harold

took his famous oath at Bayeux promising to secure the Throne of England for Duke William he was the victim of a deception, and that the sacred relics upon which he swore had......

Marginal Comment

By HAROLD NICOLSON OTHING has so far transpired regarding the fate of the Bayeux tapestry: From 1913 onwards it had been displayed, enclosed a double glass case, upon the first......

Sir Eric, I Am Glad To Observe, Inclines To The

view that the broidery was executed in England and by English fingers. On e one hand,. the style of the drawing is similar to that of English ok-illustrations ; on the other......

We Know That In The Year 1064 Harold Embirked Upon

a journey Normandy, and that he landed near the mouth of the River nche: we know that he was then taken prisoner by Guy de onthieu and interned in the castle of Beaurain: we......

There Is Another Problem Which The Tapestry Raises And...

unsolved. It is generally supposed that Harold brought with. him to Normandy his sister Aelfgifu or Aelfgiva, whom he consented to affiance to a - Norman. baron. A regrettable......