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Byrhtnoth
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Byrhtnoth (bĭrkht`nōth) or Bryhtnoth (brīkht`nōth), d. 991, alderman of the East Saxons. Leader of the English forces in the battle of Maldon Maldon , town (1991 pop. 14,754) and district, Essex, E England, on the Blackwater estuary. Maldon is a market town with iron foundries and other small industries.
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, he was killed in the battle and was buried at Ely.


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