Walcher, Bishop of Durham and Earl of Northumberland, was killed at a meeting near Gateshead church when Northumbrian rebels rose against him in a prearranged ambush. Walcher had summoned local leaders to resolve a blood feud but the Northumbrians used the opportunity to murder him and his companions. The killing of the bishop-earl was the most brazen act of northern defiance since the Great Revolt and prompted William to send Bishop Odo of Bayeux north with a punitive force that ravaged the region again.
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