The Bayeux Tapestry tells the story , in wool thread embroidered on linen cloth, of William, Duke of Normandy who became King of England in 1066 after the Battle of Hastings. Crossing the sea in longships, long cavalcades on horseback, shields and coats of mail, fantastic creatures and battlefields. There are 58 scenes, 626 characters and 202 horses embroidered on the tapestry. This battle is told through the gruesome and detailed embroidery, displaying a bloody battle full of severed limbs, falling horses and the defeat of Harold caused by an arrow being shot in his eye, according to the Anglo-Norman tapestry.

Warriors from Jersey are rumoured to have fought in the battle beside Normandy, resulting in Jersey and the other channel islands joining the Anglo-Norman realm following the defeat of King Harold by William the Conqueror and won the English crown at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.