In 1001 a large Danish army ravaged Hampshire systematically, striking inland from the coast. The Chronicle records fighting at Dean, Sherfield, and the bishop of Winchester being pursued. The Vikings moved to the bishop of Winchester's estate at Bishops Waltham and plundered it thoroughly. English forces under Hampshire ealdormen attempted to intercept but were defeated in a skirmish in which many English thegns were killed.
Many English thegns killed in the Hampshire skirmish; bishop's estate at Waltham destroyed
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