Event: Battle, Burh - captureÆthelflæd 4.gaining possession of burh at Derby

Scholarly Info
Description Æthelflæd 4 gained control before Lammas of the burh called Derby with all that belonged to it.
Year 917
Primary Source Info
Original Text ... foran to Hlafmæssan begeat þa burh mid eallum þam ðe þærto hyrde, þe is hatan Deoraby ...
Date from Source [917] B, 917 CD: before Lammas [= 1 August]

Notes:

*The killing of four thegns (Anonymi 1362) of Æthelflæd 4 within the gates of Derby shows that Æthelflæd 4 'gained control' of the burh by means of a battle.

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