The Herring of the North

The Chronicle of Evesham records the arrival of refugees from Cheshire and the other territories that William's army marched through. Orderick, copying Poitier, says quote, the king often led the way on foot with great fragility and lent a ready hand to assist others in their difficulties. At length, he conducted his whole force safely to Chester, end quote. It probably would have made sense to be on foot through a lot of this. But even if he was running around like Legolas, he clearly did not lead the whole force safe to Chester. They were eating their own boggy horses for f*** sake.