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In 1068, during the Norman Conquest of 1068–1069, William the Conqueror, alternatively William the Basta.., had a basic wood motte-and-bailey castle built at York between the Rivers Ouse and Foss on the site of the present-day York Castle, and placed it under the command of William Malet. The local population soon harassed the castle; to aid in its defense and to strengthen his grip on the north, William had a second castle built in 1069 on what is now Baile Hill on the west bank of the Ouse. Later that year, a Danish fleet sailed up the Humber and attacked the castles and the Norman occupiers with the assistance of Cospatrick and a number of locals. The Normans, as part of their attempt to defend themselves, set fire to the houses around the castles, with the unintended consequence that the castles too were destroyed.

Responding to widespread resistance, William ordered all the buildings to be pulled down and all the animals slaughtered in Yorkshire, Shropshire, Cheshire, Staffordshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire and County Durham. This Harrying of the North between 1069 and 1070 may have caused over 100,000 deaths.

The Normans then rebuilt the castles, again in wood. By 1175, King Henry II was able to receive the homage of King William of Scotland, in York Castle.

Source: wikipedia

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