The 1005 Famine in England is one of 95 famines in Britain during the Middle Ages.
Ælfric of Abingdon, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies on November 16, 1005, leaving ships to the people of Wiltshire and Kent in his will, with his best one, equipped for sixty men, going to King Æthelred II.
The Danes continue raiding until famine grips England in 1005, causing the Danish invaders, who must live off the land, to return home.
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