After accepting William's payment, the Danish fleet under Asbjorn wintered at the mouth of the Humber in 1069-1070. Despite the treaty, the Danes continued raiding into Lincolnshire through the winter, plundering monasteries including Peterborough in association with Hereward the Wake. The Danish fleet finally departed in 1070. King Sweyn II arrived personally late in the campaign and then withdrew, ending Danish ambitions for an English kingdom. This was the last major Scandinavian military intervention in England.
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