On September 28 the fleet hove in sight, and all came safely to anchor in Pevensey Bay. There was no opposition to the landing. The local "fyrd" had been called out this year four times already to watch the coast, and having, in true English style, come to the conclusion that the danger was past because it had not yet arrived had gone back to their homes.

On the landing of William the Conqueror at Pevensey Vol I; The Birth of Britain. - A History of the English-Speaking Peoples (1956–58)