William II lay siege to Pevensey Castle where Odo of Bayeux has taken shelter with Robert. Odo is forced to surrender, and agrees to go to Rochester to convince the rebels to accept William as the rightful king of England. July – William II lay siege to Rochester Castle and puts down the revolt. Odo of Bayeux and the rebels surrender (only agreeing that their lives will be spared). William takes Odo's lands and exiles him to Normandy. The church of Gloucester Abbey and Tonbridge Castle are among the places laid waste in the rebellion. Construction of the White Tower of the Tower of London probably largely completed. 1089 May – See of Canterbury left vacant after the death of Lanfranc. Construction begins on Gloucester Cathedral and Tewkesbury Abbey. Births 1080 Adelard of Bath, scholar (died c. 1152) Aubrey de Vere II, Lord Great Chamberlain (died 1141) Henry of Huntingdon, historian (died 1160) 1083 Gilbert of Sempringham, founder of the Gilbertine Order (died c. 1190) Deaths 1080 14 May – William Walcher, Bishop of Durham 1083 2 November – Matilda of Flanders, wife of King William I of England (born c. 1031, France) 1085 27 March – Walter de Lacy, Norman noble 1087 9 September – William I of England (born c. 1028, Normandy) 1088 William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey 1089 24 May – Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury (born c. 1005, Lombardy) References