Na počátku 12. století začal Orderik psát o dobytí a jeho následcích, a, narozdíl od ostatních, nikdy se nezdráhal psát o tom, co považoval za kolonizaci.
In the early 12th century, he began to pen his account of the Conquest and its aftermath, and, in complete contrast to the others, Orderic never minces his words about what he thought of as a colonisation.