The origin of the return to close convergence across the annals of C with D and E from the late tenth century until the early 1020s is obscured by the fact that none of these manuscripts were created before the mid-1040s. The block of annals describing the greater part of the reign of King Æthelred was probably authored soon after his death in 1016, and continued to c.1023. While it is likely that this block was created to augment an existing Chronicle version, the extent to which the author adapted or wrote over pre-existing annals is difficult to determine. Furthermore, the relationship between the authoring of this block and the interpolation of long annals concerning King Edgar from the 950s to the 970s is unclear, as is the place of all these annals in relation to the making or possible continuation of the Northern Recension. This chapter begins with a close reading of annals of the reign of Æthelred shared by C, D and E, discussing the contexts of their inclusion. After c.1023 these three Chronicles offer varying patterns of agreement and divergence, but generally in such a way that shows the contemporary annalistic record was neglected from this moment until after the accession of Edward the Confessor in 1042. From this later time, the annals scarcely look back to Cnut's reign, but do so very closely at the succession crisis that arose after his death. Despite sharing sources in and beyond the 1040s, and continuing to be Chronicles about kings (with an increasing interest in queens), these three versions develop individual features, suggesting different local, and even partisan, perspectives for the remainder of their records.