2.1 - 23 The Normans and Angevins 1066 - 1217
The History of England
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The Battle of York
Spain assembled a massive fleet of 240 ships, maybe 10,000 men and sent his brother Osbun and his sons Harold and Knud. And the third group were the Els Edwin and Morkar but this time perhaps fatally the Els refused to take part. The plan simple enough was to take York and proclaim Edgar King. But I think we suspect not and that London would have been next. Things kicked off in September when the Danish fleet followed the traditional route to the north appearing off the southeast coast and raiding Dover, Ipswich and Norwich as they went.
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