Hereward the Wake By jaimee.guy 1050 born 1065 King Edward dies 1066 Battle of Hastings 1066 King Harold is killed 1066 King William I becomes king 1067 Hereward fled to the Isle of Ely 1067 Hereward returns to England 1068 Several failed attacks against the Normans 1070 Hereward leads a rain on Peterborough Cathedral 1071 Abbot Thurstan betrayed Hereward and his followers 1071 Attack on the Isle of Ely 1072 Hereward and his followers hide in the fens until King William comes to terms 1072 Hereward either dies or was exiled again