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SCANDINAVIAN BRITAIN
I. THE EARLIEST RAIDS
"Whilst the pious King Bertric was reigning over
the western parts of the English, and the innocent
people, spread through their plains, were enjoying
themselves in tranquillity and yoking their oxen to
the plough, suddenly there arrived on the coast a
fleet of Danes, not large, but of three ships only: this
was their first arrival. When this became known, the
king’s officer, who was already dwelling in the town of
Dorchester, leaped on his horse and rode with a few
men to the port, thinking that they were merchants
and not enemies. Giving his commands as one that
had authority, he ordered them to be sent to the
king’s town; but they slew him on the spot, and all
who were with him. The name of this officer was
Beaduheard. a.d. 787. And the number of years
was above 344 from the time when Hengist and
Horsa arrived in Britain."
Such was the tradition, a century and a half later,
of the beginning of Scandinavian Britain. Æthelwerd,
ealdorman and historian, who wrote the notice, had
access to special sources of information, such as the
royal family to which he belonged must have preserved;
and his story tallies with the shorter entry of the
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