22 A DANISH RUNIC STONE FOUND IN LONDON. came from Denmark to England, where he with his wife embraced Christianity. He supported sometimes the one and some times the other of the parties at that time contending in England. King Ethel red made him a large present of landed property and of gold and silver, hut as the king hated all Danes that were in the country, Paine was prevailed upon to support the party of his countrymen. King Ethelred’s order, issued to the different provinces of England, of putting to death all Danes residing there, without any respect to rank, age or sex, was executed in the frightful massacre on the day of St. Briccius the 14th Nov. 1002. Amongst those who were slain on this occasion was also the count Paine, his spouse Gunnhild and their son, being still of tender age. This Paine, most likely was a son of Palnatoke, to whom he had given his father’s name, and Suhm is also of this opinion1. The name, the matrimonial connection, and the great respect paid to this man immediately on his arrival in England, seem to support this supposition, and he, or his brother, can scarcely have omitted, in compliance with the general custom of the age, to give to one of his sons the name of his renowned parent. That such a Toke is not mentioned in our Northern Mss., may naturally enough be accounted for by the circumstance, that he has been educated in England, and, grown up to man’s estate, resided there. If we now suppose such a Toke to have been born in 990, and a son of him (called by the name of Aki, which frequently occurs in the family) 30 years later, viz in 1020, the father would in the year 1050 he 60 years old, and the son 30 years. Of such a date, or at all events from one of the years 1046-1060 is a deed of gift of the Bishop Ealdred (Wi- gornensis Ecclesi* Episcopus) to the friars of the church *) Historic af Danmark 3 p. 337 , 350-351.

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