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"List of Knights with William the Conqueror, 1066"

William the Conqueror (Battle of Hastings was fought on 14 Oct 1066).  His name found on the plaque in the Church at Dives-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, where he and his knights said mass (and he was christened) before setting sail to invade England.  This plaque lists all knights that took mart in the invasion.
The cited information was published by List of Medival Knights with William the Conqueror, (ote@rootsbed.com, The Olive Tree Genealogy Web Site, Olive Tree Enterprises, 14 Sep 1996), held in Kirk Larson The author/originator was Schulze, Lorine McGinnis.
William the Conqueror, List of Knights with 1066 (Lorine McGinnis Schulze). 
  • Source Notes
      For hundreds of years before 1066, England had been ruled by Anglo-Saxon
      kings.  When Edward "the Confessor" died in 1066, William of Normandy saw his chance for a successful invation of England.  He built a fleet, attracted many knights, and obtained the pope's blessing.  He gained victory at the Battle of Hastings and was crowned King of England on Christmas of 1066.
         During the next few years, William presided over a gradual redistribution
      of land in England.  Saxon rebellions led to the confiscation of lands, which
      the Norman Barons received.  As a result of this Norman invation, the English
      people today are of both Norman and Anglo-Saxon extraction.