Event: Overwintering
Anonymi 34
.overwintering in Nottingham
Asserted in:
Æthelweard.Chron
iv.2 (p. 36)
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Scholarly Info
Description
The army of pagans (
Anonymi 34
) overwintered at Nottingham.
Year
868
Primary Source Info
Original Text
... hiemauerunt ...
Date from Source
<867>: a year after the killing of
Osberht 6
and
Ælle 3
Persons associated with this Event:
Participant
:
Anonymi 34
(
A great fleet of pagans from the Danube
)
(Other)
:
Burgred 5
(
King of the Mercians, ?852?873x874
) :
Burgred 5
with his nobles (
Anonymi 2496
) agreed that
Anonymi 34
could remain without challenge.
(Other)
:
Anonymi 2496
(
Nobles of
Burgred 5
in 867x868
)
Locations associated with this Event:
Nottingham: (
), now
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire