Note 761 — Chapter V · THE DANISH CONQUEST OF ENGLAND.[464] 975–1016. (continued 3)
Reading edition
His extent of territory is well marked by William of Malmesbury; “Commendatis West-Saxonibus, et Merciorum parte quam subjecerat, ducibus suis, ipse in Northanhimbros profectus.” London probably protected Essex. We hear nothing of East-Anglia, but see Appendix NN.