The final border character to the original tapestry is the man sitting in front of a tree and holding a branch, as if trying to hide. There is a tale as told by Wace that Harold did not die in the battle. Harold was found half dead on the battlefield and so was taken to Winchester. There he was nursed for two years back to health. Harold forsook the world and became a recluse in a cell attached to Saint John’s minster at Chester. It was there, at a great age that he died. This final scene sees the English fleeing along Battle Ridge, below which can be seen a couple of mounted Normans [1][2] using the whip to assert their victory over the enslaved English.