948. The Northumbrians chose Eric, a Dane, for their king.
954. The Northumbrians submitted to Edred; and their territory became an earldom.
955. Death of Edred. Accession of his nephew Edwin, son of Edmund.
956. Dunstan, abbot of Glastonbury, banished.
959. Death of Edwin. Accession of his brother Edgar.
960. Dunstan became archbishop of Canterbury: he exercised great influence in Church and State.
973. Edgar crowned at Bath. Eight kings did homage to him at Chester, and rowed him down the Dee.
975. Death of Edgar. Accession of his son Edward II.
978. Edward slain at Corfe Castle by order of his stepmother. Accession of his brother Ethelred II.
991. Ravages of the Danes. £10,000 paid in order to buy off their hostility.