In 1064, twa years afore the Battle o Hastings, Harold Godwinson, then Earl o Wessex, wis shipwreckit on the shores o Ponthieu an captured bi Guy I, Coont o Ponthieu(d.1100) who teuk him tae his castle o Beaurain, situatit 24 1/2 km up the River Canche frae the Inglis Channel coast, (nou Le Touquet), as the Bayeux Tapestry relates: HIC APPREHENDIT WIDO HAROLDUM ET DUXIT EUM AD BELREM ET IBI EUM TENUIT (""Here Guy seisit Harold an led him tae Beaurain an held him thare""). Duke William o Normandy demandit the release o the earl, an Coont Guy delivered Harold Godwinson up efter being paid a ransom for him.