Every part of the land was now in William's power except an island in
the swamps of Ely, in the east of England. There the Englishman
Hereward, with his resolute little band of fellow countrymen,
continued to defy the power of the Conqueror. (See map facing p. 38.)
"Had there been three more men like him in the island," said one of
William's own soldiers, "the Normans would never have entered it."
But as there were not three more, the Conquest was at length
completed.