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| Assassination of Alfege , Alfege |  |
| Greenwich A miracle is reported, a wooden Danish oar dipped in Alfege's blood had sprouted, as a result, his body is taken to St Paul's Cathedral in the city of London |
| Greenwich At a feast on Easter Day Alfege is bludgeoned with ox bones and the hafts of their axes until one of the Danes,out of compassion, kill him by a single blow to the head with his axe |
| Greenwich Held for six months, a ransom of œ3,000 is demanded, nowing that his people are unable to afford this huge sum, Alfege refuses to let them pay, and the captors carry out their threat to kill him |
| Capture of Canterbury Ethelred II the Unready | |
| Canterbury The Archbishop of Canterbury, later St Alphege, is held captive |
| Canterbury While Ethelred II is invading south Wales Canterbury is taken by the Danes |
| Death of Alfege , Alfege | |
| Greenwich A miracle is reported, a wooden Danish oar dipped in Alfege's blood had sprouted, as a result, his body is taken to St Paul's Cathedral in the city of London |
| Greenwich At a feast on Easter Day Alfege is bludgeoned with ox bones and the hafts of their axes until one of the Danes,out of compassion, kill him by a single blow to the head with his axe |
| Greenwich Held for six months, a ransom of œ3,000 is demanded, nowing that his people are unable to afford this huge sum, Alfege refuses to let them pay, and the captors carry out their threat to kill him |
| Greenwich "He who dies for Justice dies for God", these words are engraved on a slab just in front of the Sanctuary of St Alfege Church, at the very place where he was martyred |
| Greenwich Held for six months, a ransom of œ3,000 is demanded, nowing that his people are unable to afford this huge sum, Alfege refuses to let them pay, and the captors carry out their threat to kill him |
| Invasion of Ethelred II the Unready | |
| Canterbury While Ethelred II is invading south Wales Canterbury is taken by the Danes |
| Ransom , Alfege | |
| Greenwich Held for six months, a ransom of œ3,000 is demanded, nowing that his people are unable to afford this huge sum, Alfege refuses to let them pay, and the captors carry out their threat to kill him |
| Greenwich The Kent coast is subject to raids from Danish pirates, and in 1011 they besiege to the City of Canterbury |
| Greenwich Held for six months, a ransom of œ3,000 is demanded, nowing that his people are unable to afford this huge sum, Alfege refuses to let them pay, and the captors carry out their threat to kill him |
| Siege of Canterbury , Alfege | |
| Canterbury The Kent coast is subject to raids from Danish pirates, and in 1011 they besiege to the City of Canterbury |
| Canterbury Alfege, betrayed by one of his own monks, is captured and taken in one of their ships round the Kent coast and up the River Thames to Greenwich |
| Canterbury The Kent coast is subject to raids from Danish pirates, and in 1011 they besiege to the City of Canterbury |
