Shrewsbury and the surrounding Shropshire territory resisted Norman authority during the 1069 revolt, with local English magnates exploiting the distraction of the northern uprising to contest control of the Marches. The revolt in Shropshire was connected to Welsh border resistance and the activities of Edric the Wild, whose raids from the west complemented the general English rising.
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