Woodhull Family Misc.

Misc, people related to the Woodhull-Helme - Connections to the Hendry Branch

***Links*** Godwin Family Tree and Vikings… The Contribution of Flanders to The Conquest of England (1065-1086) http://www.persee.fr/doc/rbph_0035-0818_1926_num_5_1_6418 The Contribution of Flanders to The Conquest of England 1065-1086    Baldwin V, Count of Flanders… since 1060 he had been regent in France… his daughter Matilda was the wife of William, Duke of Normandy.. His sons had married into Hainaut and Holland, while a sister had allied his family with the English house of Godwin.    A member of the last named family (Tostig Godwin) was the first to crave aid of the count in the troublous times beginning with 1065, for in that year we find the banished Tostig winter with his wife at St Omer. (he stayed with Baldwin)... Tostig desired not only refuge, but aid that he might revenge himself on Harold and the Northumbrian nobles… Baldwin allowed him to recruit troops in Flanders, for there was a considerable contingent of Flemings in the army which, though defeated at Stamfordbridge, effectively paved the way for the Conqueror's success at Hastings. Note: (see, end of this document) as far as I can tell, the way Tostig may have “helped” William’s defeat was by previously launching several attacks on England prior to the Battle of Hastings (depleting and exhausting England’s military)... Tostig was killed nineteen days before the Battle of Hastings… Tostig Godwinson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tostig_Godwinson    Tostig was the third son of the Anglo-Saxon nobleman Godwin, Earl of Wessex and Gytha Thorkelsdóttir, the daughter of Danish chieftain Thorgil Sprakling. In 1051, he married Judith of Flanders the only child of Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders (son of Baldwin V, Count of Flanders) by his second wife, Eleanor of Normandy. The Domesday Book recorded twenty-six vills or townships as being held by Earl Tostig forming the Manor of Hougun which now forms part of the county of Cumbria in north-west England.    In September 1051, Godwin and his sons were banished from England by king Edward the Confessor. Godwin, Gytha and Tostig, together with Sweyn and Gyrth, sought refuge with the Count of Flanders (Baldwin V, Count of Flanders). They returned to England the following year (1052) with armed forces, gaining support and compelling Edward to restore his earldom. Three years later in 1055, Tostig became Earl of Northumbria upon the death of Earl Siward.    (he was exiled again) (1065). It is likely that Harold had exiled him to ensure peace and loyalty in the north… Tostig took ship with his family and some loyal thegns and took refuge with brother-in-law, Baldwin V, Count of Flanders. He even attempted to form an alliance with William. Baldwin provided him with a fleet and he landed in the Isle of Wight in May 1066, where he collected money and provisions. He raided the coast as far as Sandwich but was forced to retreat when King Harold called out land and naval forces… he raided Norfolk and Lincolnshire… he was defeated. Deserted by his men, he fled to his sworn brother, King Malcolm III of Scotland; and, spent the summer of 1066 in Scotland.    He made contact with King Harald III Hardrada of Norway and persuaded him to invade England… Tostig and most of his men were killed at Stamfordbridge (in an attack by his brother, Harold Godwinson)... The victorious Harold… would go to confront and suffer defeat at the hands of the Normans at the Battle of Hastings nineteen days later…

Davide I, gained possession of the territory (Alba) which is now Scotland David I., was Prince of the Cumbrians (1113-1142) and later King of the Scots (1124-1153). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_I_of_Scotland David spent most of his childhood in Scotland, but was exiled to England temporarily in 1093. Perhaps after 1100, he became a dependent at the court of King Henry I… When his brother Alexander I of Scotland died in 1124, David chose, with the backing of Henry I, to take the Kingdom of Scotland (Alba) for himself.     Prince of the Cumbrians, 1113-1124, marks the beginnings of his life as a great territorial lord. His earldom probably began in 1113, when Henry I arranged his marriage to Maud, 2nd Countess of Huntingdon, who was the heiress to the Huntingdon-Northampton lordship… 1113 is the year when David, for the first time, can be found in possession of territory in what is now Scotland. Photo: Map that shows Cumbria and Alba (Scotland)

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