earls odda and ralf commanded the forces raised in 1052 to patrol against any attempt by the exiles to return. the fleet and army led by odda and ralf drove off an invasion led by godwin in sussex, but the king was eventually forced to revoke the exile and restore lands and earldoms to godwin and his sons. odda was thus deprived of his earldom in the west within months of receiving it, but he remained an earl, and was compensated with lands in worcestershire and perhaps gloucestershire.