Note 1453 — Chapter X · THE REIGN OF EADWARD FROM THE DEATH OF THE ÆTHELING TO THE DEATH OF THE KING.[1258] 1057–1066.
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Chron. Wig. “And þa Ryðrenan dydan mycelne hearm abutan Hamtune, ... ægþær þæt hi ofslogon menn, and bærndon hús and corn, and namon eall þæt orf þe hig mihton to cuman, þæt wæs feola þusend, and fela hund manna hi naman, and læddan norð mid heom.” I do not know that the word “Ryðrenan” occurs elsewhere; but the hope that it might mean Welshmen is dispelled by the word “norð,” and still more clearly by the words of the Peterborough Chronicler, who, for “þa Ryðrenan” reads “þa norðerne menn.” The evil doers were clearly the original Northumbrian revolters.