Hereward the Wake, known in his own times as Hereward the Outlaw or Hereward the Exile, was an 11th-century leader of local resistance to the Norman conquest of England. Hereward's base was in the Isle of Ely, and according to legend he roamed The Fens, covering North Cambridgeshire, Southern Lincolnshire and West Norfolk, leading popular opposition to William the Conqueror. The name Hereward is composed of Old English roots here = army, and weard = guard, and is cognate with Old High German Heriwart and modern German Heerwart. The title "the Wake" was popularly assigned to him many years after his death. It may mean "the watchful", or derive from the Anglo-Norman Wake family who later claimed descent from him. Wikipedia [ - ]

Hereward the Wake, known in his own times as Hereward the Outlaw or Hereward the Exile, was an... [ + ]