There was a Saxon Royal Palace in Old Windsor, the predecessor of Windsor Castle. It is mentioned in several charters of Edward the Confessor 's reign. In 1061, the new Abbot of St. Augustine's Abbey in Canterbury was appointed here and consecrated in the parish church.
Legends also tell of several other events.
The saintly King cured the blind here. He proclaimed that he should be struck down if he was lying when he claimed not to have murdered the King's brother. He promptly dropped dead. They were probably children at the time. The Palace stood near the church in the field known as Kingsbury, ie.