 It was probably this combination of forces which was decisively defeated by William in a battle at Stafford in late 1069.Eadric apparently submitted to King William in 1070 and later participated in William's invasion of Scotland in 1072.Another account states that he was captured by Ranulph de Mortimer "after long struggles and handed over to the king for life imprisonment, some of his lands afterwards descending to the abbey" of Wigmore.