Talk:Siege of Exeter (1068)

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Would this article not be better as "Siege of Exeter (1068)"? All the information I've seen suggests that it was essentially a lengthy siege, followed by surrender, rather than a battle as I understand that term. More information here. Rather than moving it myself, I thought I'd see what others think. Ghmyrtle (talk) 09:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Presumably the title should match the name by which this conflict is most commonly known. I don't know offhand what that is, but I did put the disambiguation page in place which lists this as a siege and provides a redirect.Metabaronic (talk) 21:30, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
 * There was a seige by William in 1068. The English yielded. In late 1069 (at the same time as the seige of Shrewsbury), the Cornish and Devonians laid seige to Exeter now loyal to William. A sally forced the rebels into the path of a Norman army led by William FitzOsbern and Brian of Brittany who slaughtered them. These two events are quite seperate, but which is the Battle of Exeter? Alansplodge (talk) 23:43, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
 * The best of the three refs seems to be the Bradbury one, which calls it the "Siege of Exeter" and refers to the 1069 event as a "local rising". I'll be bold and move it.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 22:24, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Events of 1069
After editing a lot of the main body of the article, I removed a small paragraph about subsequent conflict centered on Exeter the following year. This small paragraph didn't explain events particularly clearly and suffered from a lack of references. From what I've managed to gather from a number of internet sources and stuff from Google Books... I welcome anyone with access to sufficient source material to come and re-write a clear description of these events. I suggest under a new section. Willknowsalmosteverything (talk) 21:48, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Another rebellion arose in the country surrounding Exeter
 * The people of the city did NOT take part in the rebellion
 * Exeter came briefly under siege by the rebels
 * The Norman garrison of Exeter sallied from the city and crushed the rebels between them and the arriving forces of Brian of Brittany and William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford (I think it was those two)