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which London shipmen rescued it and had it buried in a churchyard. Godwin, the powerful earl of Wessex, had been complicit in the crime, having handed over Alfred to Harold. Queen Emma charged him in a trial before Harthacnut and his council. The king allowed Godwin to escape punishment after witnesses testified he had acted on Harold's orders, but Godwin later gave Harthacnut a richly decorated ship as wergild. Bishop Lyfing of Worcester

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