The lack of Norman response appears to have caused the Northumbrians to grow restive, and in the spring of 1080 they rebelled against the rule of Walcher, the Bishop of Durham and Earl of Northumbria.
Manglen på normannisk modsvar har tilsyneladende gjort befolkningen i Northumbria urolige, og i foråret 1080 gjorde de oprør mod Walcher, Biskop af Durham og jarlen af Northumbrias styre.