Here are some significant dates of local interest to the Northumberland Covenant saga:
| 1068 |
Clifford Tower built at York (a
motte and bailey). |
| 1068 |
William Peverell is made
castellan of Nottingham |
| 1069 |
Gilbert de Ghent is made
castellan of York. His contingent of Flemish troops is unable to capture Durham. |
| 1069-70 |
First Norman expedition to
North, "The Burning of the North" |
| 1070 |
Lanfranc appointed as Bishop of
Canterbury |
| 1070-1071 |
Remnants of the Danes crushed |
| 1072 |
Norman expedition to Scotland |
| 1080-1096 |
William of Calais is Bishop of
Durham |
| 1083 |
Durham's monastic community is
established |
| 1085 |
Danes threaten invasion of
England. (William might be raising army.) |