When Canute was young he was left in charge of the fleet at Gainsborough after an invasion of England in 1013. He gave Englishmen estates to his Danish followers as a reward for having Englishmen killed and outlawed. In 1018 Canute paid off most of his fleet after the English reached an agreement at Oxford.
When Canute was young he was left in charge of the fleet at Gainsborough after an invasion of England in 1013. He gave Englishmen estates to his Danish followers as a reward for having Englishmen killed and outlawed. In 1018 Canute paid off most of his fleet after the English reached an agreement at Oxford.