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Leofric claimed that he found his diocese lacking in episcopal vestments and the other items required for church services, and his surviving list of gifts to the church noted that he gave vestments, crosses, chalices, censers, alter coverings, and other furnishings to the cathedral.
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Leofric and found
After the move to Exeter, Leofric worked to increase the endowment of the diocese, and especially the cathedral library, which he found almost empty upon his arrival.
Leofric, Earl of Mercia and his wife Lady Godiva ( a corruption of her given name, " Godgifu ") rebuilt on the remains of the nunnery to found a Benedictine monastery in 1043 dedicated to St. Mary for an abbot and 24 monks.
Leofric and diocese
Little is known about Leofric, as his cathedral town was not a centre of historical writing, and he took little part in events outside his diocese.
The notice in his cathedral's records recording his death stated that Leofric was active in his diocese as a preacher, that he built many churches in his bishopric, and was noted as a teacher of his clergy.
Leofric and episcopal
Edward appointed Leofric as Bishop of Cornwall and Bishop of Crediton in 1046, but because Crediton was a small town, the new bishop secured papal permission to move the episcopal seat to Exeter in 1050.
The two sees, or bishoprics, held by Lyfing became the see of Exeter in 1050 when Bishop Leofric moved his episcopal seat from Crediton to Exeter and combined it with Cornwall.
The city has held the title of episcopal see, Lichfield and Coventry, from the time of Earl Leofric early in the 11th century arising from the monastery he and his wife, Godiva, founded in 1043.
Leofric and vestments
At Exeter, Leofric worked to increase the income and resources of his cathedral, both in lands and in ecclesiastical vestments.
Leofric and other
However, Ealdred did not receive the other two dioceses that Lyfing had held, Crediton and Cornwall ; King Edward the Confessor ( reigned 1043 – 1066 ) granted these to Leofric, who combined the two sees at Crediton in 1050.
Sweyn went on pilgrimage to Jerusalem ( dying on his way back ), but Godwin and his other sons returned with an army following a year later, and received considerable support, while Leofric and Siward failed to support the king.
The apparent use of Asser's material in other early works that predate Leofric also argues against Galbraith's theory.
On the other hand, the original version of the Gesta was written in explicit praise of Hereward ,; much of its information was provided by men who knew him personally, principally, if the preface is to be believed, a former colleague in arms and member of his father's former household named Leofric the Deacon.
The king was so enraged by this that in 1041 he ordered Leofric and his other earls to plunder and burn the city, and lay waste the whole area.
Leofric and required
Effective rule required keeping on terms with the three leading earls, but loyalty to the ancient house of Wessex had been eroded by the period of Danish rule, and only Leofric was descended from a family which had served Æthelred.
Because canon law required that a bishop be 30 years old when consecrated, it is likely that Leofric was born before 1016.
Leofric and for
There is no evidence for this, and Abbot Brand of Peterborough, stated to have been Hereward's uncle, does not appear to have been related to either Leofric or Godiva.
Leofric remained a close supporter and friend of Edward for the king's entire life.
Leofric's penitential, the Leofric Missal, still survives, and it includes a prayer for a childless king, which probably referred to King Edward.
Another surviving manuscript from Leofric's collection is a Gospel book written in Latin now in the Bodleian Library, which was probably acquired by Leofric while he was on the continent, as the manuscript was originally written for a Breton monastery.
Contrary to certain reports, the name has nothing to do with Leofric, an 11th-century Earl of Mercia ( most famous for being the miserly husband of Lady Godiva ).
In 1043, Earl Leofric and his wife, Godiva, established a Benedictine Abbey at Coventry and gave the Abbot and his twenty-four attendant monks, lands for their upkeep.
In turn, Earl Leofric gave the lordship of the manor of Badby and Newnham to the Benedictine Abbey of Evesham, for the remainder of the 100-year lease supposedly granted by Abbot Godric II of Croyland.
Leofric and church
Leofric moved the seat of his see because Crediton was too poor and rural, and Exeter was a city with protective walls and an abandoned church that could be used as the new cathedral.
In 1057 the church was rebuilt and further endowed by Leofric, Earl of Mercia.
Leofric and surviving
Three versions of the donation list drawn up by Leofric survive, which is one of the earliest surviving cathedral library catalogues.
Leofric and gave
Leofric, Earl of Mercia, gave the village of Burbage to Coventry Abbey in 1043.
After the Norman Conquest, Leofric gave the land to the Diocese of Exeter, which held it until it was sold, in 1802.
Leofric and .
Field Marshal Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis ( 10 December 189116 June 1969 ) was a British military commander and field marshal who served with distinction in both world wars and, afterwards, as Governor General of Canada, the 17th since Canadian Confederation.
* Leofric becomes Bishop of Exeter.
The later earls, Leofric, Ælfgar and Edwin, ruled over a territory broadly corresponding to historic Mercia, but the Chronicle does not identify it by name.
Edward saw this as a test of power, and managed to enlist the support of Siward, Earl of Northumbria and Earl Leofric.
In November 1043 he rode to Winchester with his three leading earls, Leofric of Mercia, Godwin and Siward of Northumbria, to deprive her of her property, possibly because she was holding on to treasure which belonged to the king.
Archbishop Robert accused Godwin of plotting to kill the king, just as he had killed his brother Alfred in 1036, while Leofric and Siward supported the king and called up their vassals.
In 1057 Leofric and Ralph died, and Leofric's son Ælfgar succeeded as Earl of Mercia, while Harold's brother Gyrth succeeded Ælfgar as Earl of East Anglia.
His chief supporter in the council was Leofric, Earl of Mercia, while the opposition was led by Godwin, Earl of Wessex.
The named casualties were Eadwine ( Edwin ), brother to Leofric, Earl of Mercia, Thurkil and Ælfgeat.
Galbraith identified the true author as Leofric, who became Bishop of Devon and Cornwall in 1046.
Aside from the fact that Leofric would have known little about Asser and so would have been unlikely to construct a plausible forgery, there is strong evidence dating the Cotton manuscript to about 1000.
The earliest references to his parentage, in the Gesta, make him the son of Edith, a descendent of Oslac of York, and Leofric of Bourne, nephew of Ralph the Staller.
Alternatively, it has also been argued that Leofric, Earl of Mercia and his wife Lady Godiva were Hereward's real parents.
* Charles Kingsley's novel Hereward the Wake: " last of the English " ( London: Macmillan, 1866 ) is a highly romanticised account of Hereward's exploits, and makes him the son of Earl Leofric of Mercia and the ancestor of the family of Wake.
Leofric ( before 1016 – 1072 ) was a medieval Bishop of Exeter.
At the time Edward the Confessor was in exile before his succession to the English throne, Leofric joined his service and returned to England with him.
After he became king, Edward rewarded Leofric with lands.
Although a 12th-century source claims Leofric held the office of chancellor, modern historians agree he never did so.
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