. "The Siege of Exeter occurred in 1068 when William I marched a combined army of Normans and Englishmen loyal to the king west to force the submission of Exeter, a stronghold of Anglo-Saxon resistance against Norman rule. After the Norman Conquest, the Saxons of Devon, Somerset and Dorset rallied at Exeter in support of the remnants of the Godwin family."@en . . "Siege of Exeter"@en . "Royal forces" . "Unknown" . "Exonian rebelsand allies from other nearby cities" . "Initially 500 cavalry with reinforcements arriving throughout the siege" . . "Much of Exeter's population of 2500 and allies from other local cities" . "Conditional surrender of the city" . .