Herrywood, in Terms of Being an Englishman

By the time ofe the norman invasion, england had been part of the roman empire. We tend to think the anglo saxons were english, but they weren't. Herrywood was probably of anglo danish extraction, maybe second or third generation e living in england. But rather than being this kind of quint essentially English hero, by ten 66 he definitely had at least a mixed heritage. And what about his motives? You suggest that they may not have been as altruistic as has traditionally been portrayed.