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    Hereward the Wake (Traditional pronunciation /ˈhɛ.rɛ.ward/, modern pronunciation /ˈhɛ.rɪ.wəd/) (c. 1035 – c. 1072) (also known as Hereward the Outlaw or...
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  • Hereward Wake could refer to: Hereward the Wake (born 1035), 11th-century Anglo-Saxon leader A number of the Wake baronets: Sir Hereward Wake, 12th Baronet...
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    Hereward the Wake: Last of the English (also published as Hereward, the Last of the English) is an 1866 novel by Charles Kingsley. It tells the story...
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  • Hereward the Wake was a British television series, which was produced by the BBC in 1965, and was broadcast weekly on BBC1. It was based on the 1866 novel...
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    Baronet. Legend states this family to be descended from the Anglo-Saxon nobleman Hereward the Wake (died c.1072). This legend has been examined by various...
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    HMS Hereward, named after Hereward the Wake, was an H-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1930s. She was assigned to the Mediterranean...
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  • Earl Morcar, Bishop Aethelwine of Durham and Hereward the Wake in 1071. The area was taken by William the Conqueror only after a prolonged struggle. Rebellion...
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    on the wrist of the hand was a Wake knot, representing Hereward the Wake. The crest of No. 2 Squadron RAF includes a Wake knot; its motto is Hereward. Debrett's...
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    Howard family (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
    later British history, the Howards have played an important role. Claiming descent from Hereward the Wake, the resister of the Norman conquest who has...
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    which the Fens are famous Gilbert Heathcote's tunnel, a drainage project in the 1630s Hereward the Wake, who led the English resistance to the Norman...
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