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Baldwin de Meulles Devon Pacification

1068
England
Era
Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Devon resisters
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Baldwin de Meulles with Norman forces
Outcome
Devon pacified; Norman sheriffdom established
The Battle

History & Significance

Baldwin de Meulles, sheriff of Devon, conducted the military pacification of Devon following the Exeter submission, subduing remaining English resistance and establishing Norman administrative control across the county.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Baldwin de Meulles Devon Pacification

Part of the Roman town of Exeter, beneath Cathedral Green
Scheduled monument · ~0.1 miles
Law Library, Cathedral Yard
Scheduled monument · ~0.1 miles
Bomb damaged remains of St Catherine's Almshouses and chapel and adjacent canon's house, 140m north of the Cathedral
Scheduled monument · ~0.1 miles
Roman, Anglo Saxon and medieval defences called collectively Exeter City Walls
Scheduled monument · ~0.1 miles
Underground passages
Scheduled monument · ~0.1 miles
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