THE HORRIBLE RAID OF LUNDEWICK BVERIC BLOODAXE

orJust another Viking "Strandhögg"

~nno 954 ~.:J). Sprinfj had come lo JorvJ'l and it seems time

afjain /01' Cric ßloodaxe and hid fjruedome vJ'linfjd lo man the Ionfjdhip and

sei out /01' a ''Strandlwfjfj'' io the 5oulh. Jhid word means nolhinfj e~e but

a raid on. peacelul villafjej and larmo lo plunder, Ioot and tahe as manlj

pridonerd ao pOddible,lo be .a ad dlaved in Jorvih.

c'iC ~ Ionfjdhip detd /01' sea on. an earllj rf/alj morninfj. flid creu/

consisis 01 hid Mn Sven Jorhbeard, hid ueleran. eompanion flal'atd

ßoldhead, luio "VI/hednard" ('U/izal'dd' weal'infj the lur 01 a wul/ and

hnown /01' their invineibiAtlj in eomba~, six bedel'hd (Crie ~ bodljfjuard

renoum /01' their dtrenfjth and inhumane brulaAtlj - Jhelj dwallow a mixlure

01 oxen. blood and loxic mUdhl'Oomobe/ore the raid to turn in to wild

beadtd when laeinfj the enemlj' ~nothel' 38 vihinfjd, =r: /01' plunder after

a Ionfj and borinfj urinler, man the I'udderd. Jhelj are all heen and

enthudiadtie /01' ü; eominfj ''Stl'andlw'fjfj'' as thelj hnow the Ionfjdhip 0

daiAnfj /01' c1undewieh, whieh had ateadlj prouided. them with plentlj 01

Ioot and dla(/ed ladt dummer...

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ofundewieh i: i.: rebuig after the dedadteroud (/ihinfj raid lad t

dummer, JUl'infj whieh the manor haJ i.: burnt Jown, hal/ 01 the

inhabitantd dlain 01' u: as dlaved, and u/orsi 01 all c10rd rf/orfjan,

.t: ßiend io the ~nfjlo-Saxon hinfj -.Aethlered, u.u: blj Crie

ßtoJaxe. ßoweller, morfjan ' d son. durllilleJ anJ /erllent with hate /01' the

(/ihinfjd swearo io tahe rellenfje /01' hid lather' d death and id prepared

/01' thid t=: 'd ''Strandhö'fjfj''

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-.J(n9 ~etl,lered promiaed lo suppori hij old fiend I j Mn and

pf'Ovided him wilh weaponj J lraininq and euen. men-ai -arms. rf!oP9an':Jde/enjive force nou/ amounls lo 33 men , ßejidej him and hij 10 armed

peasanis , ~ethlered seni one serqeani and 5 men-al-arms fom hij perjonal

hodlj quard, and in addition prouided. jiver /01" hirin9 I I mercenaries fom

ahroad. Jheje are J-rankijh, 5wijj and Weloh kni9htj , wearin9

"invulnerahle" armour, as told in rumeuro. no opponent et/er jurvived a

comhat with thej e u/arriors.

nt lo he 10I'9otten ij monk !:adred /rom the tcal parijh , eager

wilh rel/enge,as the church u/as hurnt down hlj the heathenj and jtll liej in.

ruino . Jhe ßijhop senl him lu/oarmed men, expertß9hterj wilh the pike.

.t;« hut not leajt lu/o tral/ellerj fom nottin9ham [oined the de/enderj. ~

ceriain. ßorin (markjman with how and arrow) and hid companion cfJ(powerlul aj a heaJ.

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