Toki son of Wigod

Toki, son of Wigod of Wallingford, was an Englishman in the service of William the Conqueror.

The ‘D’ version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that Toki was killed fighting for William against his eldest son Robert Curthose at Gerberoi during the winter of 1078/ 1079. It records that Toki was killed by a crossbow bolt immediately after supplying William with a new horse.^[1]

William's biographer David Bates suggests that this shows Toki to have been a member of William's elite personal military household.^[1]

References

1 2 Bates, David (2016). William the Conqueror. Yale English monarchs. New Haven (Conn.): Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11875-9.

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[:0-1] 1 2 Bates, David (2016). William the Conqueror. Yale English monarchs. New Haven (Conn.): Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11875-9.

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