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morcar_n stout_o oppose_v william_n the_o conqueror_n anno_fw-la 1066._o but_o the_o conqueror_n prevail_v he_o lose_v his_o earldom_n he_o live_v to_o the_o four_o year_n of_o the_o conqueror_n reign_n anno_fw-la 1070._o obiit_fw-la 1070_o when_o fear_v to_o be_v imprison_v he_o convey_v himself_o secret_o from_o the_o court_n of_o william_n the_o conqueror_n and_o rebel_v against_o he_o and_o unable_a to_o withstand_v he_o intend_v to_o have_v go_v to_o malcolme_n then_o king_n of_o scotland_n but_o be_v betray_v by_o his_o own_o man_n be_v slay_v by_o the_o way_n ordericus_n pag._n 521._o florentius_n pag._n 437_o 438._o some_o say_v morcar_n be_v take_v by_o the_o conqueror_n and_o die_v in_o prison_n howbeit_o ingulphus_n pag._n 901._o say_v comites_fw-la edwinus_fw-la &_o morcarius_n ambo_fw-la à _fw-la suis_fw-la per_fw-la insidias_fw-la trucidati_fw-la i_o find_v no_o mention_n of_o any_o issue_n either_o of_o edwine_n or_o morcar_n finis_fw-la primae_fw-la partis_fw-la of_o 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