Note 975 — Chapter IX · THE REIGN OF EADWARD FROM THE RETURN OF GODWINE TO THE DEATH OF EADWARD THE ÆTHELING.[921] 1052–1057.

The King’s ships were on the north bank of the river, “wið þæs norðlandes” (Chron. Ab.); his land force (“se cyng hæfde eac mycele landfyrde on his healfe, to eacan his scypmannum”) was doubtless drawn up on the same side, as the Southwark side was clearly in the hands of Godwine. From the words in Italics, compared with the expressions quoted just before, it would seem that some at least of the northern levies came, perhaps under the command of their own Earls.