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This year bade the king that men should speedily build ships over all England; that is, a man possessed of three hundred and ten hides to provide one galley or skiff; and a man possessed of eight hides only, to find a hemet and breastplate.
(Ingram, p.107)
Bishop Aelfwold of Crediton in the West Country died and in his will freed all the slaves who had worked on his estates.
(Lacey, p.25)
Ethelred gathered the largest navy that England had ever raised, only to see it turn against itself and disperse in mutiny.
(Lacey, p.79-80)
