Ealdorman Ælfhelm of York also took no action. Ealdorman Waltheof was too old to fight and remained in his castle at Bamburgh. At that time the Danes were raiding southern England and King Ethelred was unable to send help to the Northumbrians. In 1006 Malcolm II of Scotland invaded Northumbria and besieged the newly founded episcopal city of Durham. From his marriage he received several estates that had belonged to the church. The new cathedral was founded by Bishop Aldhun, and Uhtred married Aldhun's daughter, Ecgfrida, probably at about this time. In 995, according to Symeon of Durham, when the remains of St Cuthbert were transferred from Chester-le-Street to Durham, Uhtred went to Durham with his monks to clear the site of the new cathedral.
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