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[DavidFenton]

Who killed William Rufus

[jeanyb]

Walter Tirel, Lord of Poix, killed William Rufus on behalf of Henry who, three days later was crowned king. Tirel was allowed to escape and Henry gave special favours to his wife's family, the Clares of Essex who were close friends of the new king and who were also in the hunting party when the fatal arrow was fired.

[Chessman]

 the fatal shot was fired by Walter Tirel, but there's lots of intigues that go with the story, its facinating stuff, go down to your local library.

[Peter Pedant]

William's biographer was a monk who didnt give him a good write up....William clearly didnt like women an awful lot but what really made the monk's quill shake - as he murmured, 'this is outrageous !' was that William had been seen in a castle, before the fire, drinking with his frenz, not wearing an awful lot.

foolhardy, and it must have been cold....this was 1090s

[jno]

don't know if the 1090s were particularly cold PP, but this was August 2 1100 (old style), so should have been midsummerish and he might have just been working on his tan.

A stone at grid reference SU2705012449 marks the spot where he fell (allegedly).

[Cetti]

A much more interesting way to read the story is in the Sir Walter Tyrrell pub - just a few yards from Rufus Stone in the New Forest.