1. The site of the battle is uncertain. ‘Assandun’ has been traditionally identified with Ashingdon in south-east Essex, but a strong case has been made for the village of Ashdon, near the Essex/Cambridgeshire border. See Warwick Rodwell, ‘The Battle of Assandun and its Memorial Church: A Reappraisal’, in The Battle of Maldon: Fiction and Fact, pp. 127–58, and C. R. Hart, The Danelaw (London: Hambledon Press, 1992), pp. 553–65.
2. ASC 1016 CDE. The Encomium Emmae Reginae (I.15) confirms that Eadric fled the battlefield and says that he afterwards ‘pretended’ to have done so to ensure the victory for Cnut. See Encomium, p. 31.
3. ASC 1009 CDE, trans. Swanton, p. 141.