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420 – The Wake and the Earl

The British History Podcast

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Harroward was returning to Ealy with his men. They were taking literal boatloads of treasure with them. The downside though was that they were a little light on matches, as the Danes had just lit Peterborough on fire. Hugh tells us that Harroward's goal was actually to protect the abbey from the Normans.

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