Hereward
Proper noun
Meaning
Hereward
A male given name from Old English of mostly historical use.
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Bennett Campaigns of the Norman Conquest pp. 51–53 A further rebellion in 1070 by Hereward the Wake was also defeated by the king, at Ely.
Hereward escaped, but Morcar was captured, deprived of his earldom, and imprisoned.
Earl Edwin was betrayed by his own men and killed, while William built a causeway to subdue the Isle of Ely, where Hereward the Wake and Morcar were hiding.
On screen, her romance with the Rev Tom Hereward, played by Jack Ashton, finally fell apart.