[84] References, Green, Short History of the English People (revised edition, Harper & Brothers), pp. 48–52; extracts from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle may be found in Readings, Chapter XI.
[85] The shires go back at least as far as Alfred the Great, and many of their names indicate that they had some relation to the earlier little kingdoms, e.g., Sussex, Essex, Kent, Northumberland.
[87] Often called the battle of Hastings from the neighboring town of that name.
[88] For contemporaneous accounts of William's character and the relations of Normans and English, see Colby, Sources, pp. 33–36, 39–41; Readings, Ch. XI.
[89] Reference, for the Conqueror and his reign, Green, Short History, pp. 74–87, and Gardiner, Students' History, pp. 86–114.
[92] References, Green, pp. 104–112; Gardiner, pp. 138–158. A contemporaneous account of the murder is given by Colby, Sources, pp. 56–59.