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The Environs of London
… of himself and family, and others resorting to his house. Canute's trench. A trench is said to have been cut through the parish of Lambeth by King Canute, for the purpose of conveying his fleet to the west …
Old and New London
… and one of them, it is alleged, bears the signature of Canute. Among the "curiosities" of Lambeth Palace preserved …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… rest of the kingdom of Mercia, came into the possession of Canute. At the time of the Conquest, a castle was erected …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… peculiar ornament. It is possibly the minster erected by Canute in 1020, to commemorate his victory over Edmund …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… stained glass are preserved in the east window. A coin of Canute was found in the walls of the old building. There are …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… eight mints for the coinage of money. In the year 1015, Canute the Dane, with his fleet, sailed up the Thames and … was effected between the two kings, Edmund Ironside and Canute, whereby London was conceded to the latter. The … a seventh part of the tax levied on the whole nation by Canute, the total amount of which was 72,000. In a …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… assigned certain towns and lordships in the time of King Canute, for the annual support of it, Derham ( East) and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… place, in the Domesday survey Snatesherd, was given by Canute the Dane to the abbey of St. Bennet at Holm, and the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the partition of the kingdom between Edmund Ironside and Canute, it fell, together with the rest of Northumbria, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Saxons; and on the division of the kingdom between King Canute and Edmund Ironside, it was included in the Denelege, …