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The city of Barfleur sits at the top of the peninsula that juts out from France towards

England.

Today, a quaint village with fewer than 600 people, it was in the 12th century a bustling

port, one of the most popular points from which to sail in and out of Normandy.

It boasts a natural harbor with shelters boats from the wind and waves of the English

channel, and it was in that harbor that Thomas Fitzthewen approached Henry, King of England

and Duke of Normandy with an offer.

It was November 1120, and King Henry was preparing to return to England, having finally secured

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