The day before the king died he dreamt that he went to hell and the Devil said to him "I can't wait for tomorrow because we can finally meet in person!". 1128), in which Tirel is referred to as "Walter Thurold": A version of this tale is given by William of Malmesbury in his Chronicle of the Kings of the English ( c. Stricken with panic, Walter leapt upon his horse and fled to France. However, instead of striking the stag as intended, the arrow pierced William in the chest, puncturing his lungs.
In their search for prey, according to chroniclers, Tirel let loose a wild shot at a passing stag.
It was the last time that William was seen alive. On the subsequent hunt, the party spread out as they chased their prey, and William, in the company of Tirel, became separated from the others. William was presented with six arrows, on the eve of the hunt taking four for himself, he handed the other two to Tirel, saying, "Bon archer, bonnes fleches" (" good archer, good arrows.") On 2 August 1100, King William II organized a hunting trip in the New Forest.
The grandson of Walter and Adeliza, Hugh Tyrrel, took part in the Norman Conquest of Ireland and became the first baron of Castleknock. By marriage, he became linked to the English royal family, having wed Adeliza, the daughter of royal kinsman, Richard Fitz Gilbert. Walter Tirel was born in Tonbridge, Kent, the son of Norman Walter Tirel, and was lord of Poix-de-Picardie in France, and of Langham, Essex (as appears in the Domesday Survey). He is infamous for his involvement in the death of King William II of England, also known as William Rufus. Walter Tyrrell III, the “Red Knight of Normandie” (1065 – some time after 1100), was an Anglo-Norman nobleman.
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