| The Londoners chose his son Edmund as their king, while most of the nobles met at Southampton and swore fealty to Cnut. |
| They include laws of the kings, beginning with those of Aethelbert of Kent and ending with those of Cnut, and texts dealing with specific cases and places in the country. |
| Meanwhile, the Danish king's brother, Cnut, had finally arrived in England with a fleet of 200 ships, but he was too late as Norwich had already surrendered. |
| There he was received as king in return for his oath that he would continue the laws of Cnut. |
| During his childhood England was the target of Viking raids and invasions under Sweyn Forkbeard and his son, Cnut. |
| The last reference to Mercia by name is in the annal for 1017, when Eadric Streona was awarded the government of Mercia by Cnut. |
