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Eadred “ reduced all the land of Northumbria to his control ; and the Scots granted him oaths that they would do all that he wanted .” Moreover, in 947 he convened Archbishop Wulfstan and the Northumbrian witan at Tanshelf ( now in Pontefract, West Yorkshire ), on the boundary of the Humber ( near an old Roman road ), where they pledged their obedience to him.
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Eadred and reduced
Penny of EadredUnder the entry for the year 946, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that Eadred " reduced all the land of Northumbria to his control ; and the Scots granted him oaths that they would do all that he wanted.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that Eadred " reduced all the land of Northumbria to his control ; and the Scots granted him oaths that they would do all that he wanted ".
Eadred and land
The church and the estate were given back to the archbishops of Canterbury in 949 by King Eadred of England, at which time the estate centred on Reculver included Hoath, Herne and land in the west of the Isle of Thanet.
Eadred and Northumbria
Under Æthelstan's successors Edmund and Eadred the English kings repeatedly lost and regained control of Northumbria.
King Eadred responded harshly to the northern defectors by launching a destructive raid on Northumbria, which notably included burning the Ripon minster founded by St Wilfrid.
That year, King Eadred harshly punished the northern defectors by launching a destructive raid on Northumbria, which notably included burning the Ripon minster founded by St Wilfrid.
The Northumbrian submission to Eadred led to a meeting with the notables of York led by Archbishop Wulfstan in 947, but the following year King Erik was back ruling Northumbria and Eadred laid waste to the southern parts of the kingdom — Ripon is mentioned as a particular target — to force the Northumbrians to expel Erik, which they did.
Northumbria was unified with the rest of England under Eadred around 952.
Eadred of Wessex brutally ravaged Northumbria in 948, forcing Eric to leave Northumbria.
Northumbria had been united with the West Saxon English kingdom only in the 950s, by King Eadred, and subsequent control was exerted through the agency of at least two ealdormen, one to the north and one to the south of the river Tees.
Eadred and ;
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Eadred and granted
In AD 958 King Eadred granted property at Boxore to his servant Wulfric, and in 968 King Edgar the Peaceful granted a similar amount of property here to his servant Elfwin.
Eadred and him
During the reign of King Eadred ( 946-955 ), Æthelwold wished to travel to Europe to learn more about the monastic life, but Eadred refused permission, and instead appointed him abbot of the former monastic site of Abingdon, Oxfordshire, which was then served by secular priests.
Eadred and they
Although his forces had to sustain heavy losses in the Battle of Castleford ( as he returned home ), Eadred managed to check his rival by promising the latter's supporters even greater havoc if they did not desert the foreign prince.
Although Eadred's forces had to sustain heavy losses in the Battle of Castleford ( Ceaster forda ) – near Tanshelf – as they returned southwards, Eadred managed to check his rival by promising the latter ’ s supporters even greater havoc if they did not desert Eirik.
Eadred and would
Towards the end of his life, Eadred suffered from a digestive malady which would prove fatal.
Eadred and do
We do know, however, that in 952, the same year that Eirik began his second term at York, Wulfstan was arrested and stood on trial in Iudanbyrig ( unknown ) on account of several unspecified allegations which had been repeatedly brought before Eadred.
Eadred and Archbishop
The same year, on 16 August, Eadred was consecrated by Archbishop Oda of Canterbury at Kingston upon Thames ( Surrey, now Greater London ), where he appears to have received the submission of Welsh rulers and northern earls.
Eadred and Wulfstan
Clare Downham suggests that during this period, Wulfstan may have been pressurized by King Eadred into relinquishing his support of Eirik.
Eadred then re-invaded and imprisoned Wulfstan.
The Anglo Saxon Chronicle version D says that Eadred arrested Wulfstan, but if this actually happened, the king and archbishop must have reconciled at some point before Eadred's death in 955, as Wulfstan was archbishop when Eadred died.
Eadred and Northumbrian
The kingdom passed between English, Norse and Norse-Gaelic kings until it was finally absorbed by king Eadred after the death of the last independent Northumbrian monarch, Erik Bloodaxe, in 954.
When Eadred succeeded to the throne in 946, Northumbrian as well as Scottish loyalties had proved unstable, though nothing is known for certain of the ambitions of rival rulers at this stage.
Eadred and at
* Description of the triangular bridge at Croyland, in the Charter of Eadred.
What Eadred thought of the matter or how much sympathy he bore for his brother's godson, can only be guessed at, but it seems that he at least tolerated Olaf's presence.
Eadred died on 23 November ( St. Clement's Day ), 955, at Frome ( Somerset ), and was buried in the Old Minster at Winchester.
* Coins issued by King Eadred at Early Medieval Corpus of Coin Finds
Eadred does not appear to have undertaken any significant action and may even have turned a blind eye on his brother's godson, or so at least the silence of the sources appears to suggest.
Six coins from the reigns of the Anglo-Saxon English Kings Edmund ( reigned 939 – 946 ) and Eadred ( reigned 946 – 955 ) were found during ploughing at Reddish Green in 1789.
In the Tudor period, it was claimed that the founder of the collegiate church of St. Michael at Penkridge was King Eadred ( 946-55 ), King Edgar's uncle, which seems plausible.
Eadred and ),
Michael Evans points out that Harold was only one of several kings of pre-Conquest England to die following short reigns, and lives, including Edmund I ( reigned 939 – 946 ), Eadred ( reigned 946 – 955 ), Eadwig ( reigned 955 – 959 ), Edmund Ironside ( reigned 1016 ), and Harthacnut ( reigned 1040 – 1042 ).
His elder brothers were Æthelstan and Egbert ( died c. 1005 ), and younger ones, Eadred, Eadwig and Edgar.
One of the first English Kings, Eadred ( son of Edward the Elder ), died in Frome on 23 November 955.
* Eadred ( or Edred ) ( 923-955 ), King of England between 944 and 955, died in Frome on 23 November of that year.
Eadred and .
After the death of King Eadred in 955, England was divided between his two sons, with the elder Edwy ruling in Wessex while Mercia passed to his younger brother Edgar.
* Eadred I succeeds his brother as king of England.
The eldest son of King Edmund and Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury, Eadwig was chosen by the nobility to succeed his uncle Eadred as King.
Eadred ( also Edred, etc.
Eadred was a son of Edward the Elder by his third marriage, to Eadgifu, daughter of Sigehelm, ealdorman of Kent.
" Nevertheless, Eadred soon faced a number of political challenges to the West-Saxon hegemony in the north.
Like his grandfather King Alfred, Eadred left a written record of his will.
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