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and of all the company that was with him, as the Pope instructed him.
1023.
This year Archbishop Wulfstan died. Ælfric succeeded him, and Archbishop Ægelnoth consecrated him at Canterbury. And the same year Archbishop Ægelnoth brought the relics of the Archbishop St. Ælfeg from London to Canterbury.
1024
"This year Richard 2d died: then his son Richard reigned nearly one year, and after him his brother Robert eight years."
1025.
This year King Cnut sailed to Denmark, and thence to an island near the river Helga,[1] and there Ulf and Eglaf came against him with a great fleet and army from Sweden. And very many fell on the side of King Cnut, both Danes and English, and the Swedes remained in possession of the field of battle.
1028.
This year King Cnut sailed from England to Norway with fifty ships of English Thanes, and he expelled King Olaf and took possession of that land.
- ↑ Near Calmar or near Christianstadt.Torfæns Hist. Norv. t. iii. p. 147.
