Ælfric was at some point reconciled with Æthelred, since the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle has him fighting for the English in 1016, but in 1003 he supposedly pretended to be sick in order to avoid leading an army from Wiltshire and Hampshire against Sweyn Forkbeard, who was allowed to pillage Wilton.
Ælfric was reconciled with Æthelred at some point, as evidenced by his participation in the English army in 1016, but he supposedly feigned illness to avoid leading an army from Wiltshire and Hampshire against Sweyn Forkbeard in 1003, who was allowed to plunder Wilton.