The area around Minster Lovell in the Windrush valley witnessed localised resistance during the 1069 revolt as Oxfordshire English magnates attempted to exploit the wider rebellion. The skirmish represents the sort of localised English resistance to Norman authority that occurred across many regions during the Great Revolt, invisible in the chronicle record but traceable in Domesday Book entries showing wasted manors.
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