Tostig and the House of Godwin - The Return of the Prodigal Son

The house of godwin was restored to power and their position in england was fully cemented. The people of white didn't see tostig as their rightful lord returning to liberate them. They saw him as a pirate. And so gathering up his ill gotten goods, tostig and his merks reboarded their ships and headed towards other english ports that tostig had known before. In london, poor king harold the second was trying to work out what to do with this mess. Meanwhile, william of poitier tells us that king harold actually had spies in normandy. One was even caught by the duke. So we can assume that by