Another relative was Wilstan or Wulfstan, who under Ealdred's influence became Abbot of Gloucester.

How the diocese of Worcester was administered when Ealdred was abroad is unclear, although it appears that Wulfstan, the prior of the cathedral chapter, performed the religious duties in the diocese.

The story of Ealdred being deposed comes from the Vita Edwardi, a life of Edward the Confessor, but the Vita Wulfstani, an account of the life of Ealdred's successor at Worcester, Wulfstan, says that Nicholas refused the pallium until a promise to find a replacement for Worcester was given by Ealdred.

Yet another chronicler, John of Worcester, mentions nothing of any trouble in Rome, and when discussing the appointment of Wulfstan, says that Wulfstan was elected freely and unanimously by the clergy and people.

Ealdred was succeeded by Wulfstan, chosen by Ealdred, but John of Worcester relates that Ealdred had a hard time deciding between Wulfstan and Æthelwig.

Because the position of Stigand, the archbishop of Canterbury, was irregular, Wulfstan sought and received consecration as a bishop from Ealdred.

Normally, Wulfstan would have gone to the archbishop of Canterbury, as the see of Worcester was within Canterbury's province.

Although Ealdred gave up the bishopric, the appointment of Wulfstan was one that allowed Ealdred to continue his considerable influence on the see of Worcester.

Even after the Norman Conquest, Ealdred still controlled some events in Worcester, and it was Ealdred, not Wulfstan, who opposed Urse d ' Abetot's attempt to extend the castle of Worcester into the cathedral after the Norman Conquest.

By 1073 there were only two Englishmen in episcopal sees, and by the time of William's death in 1089, there was only one, Wulfstan II of Worcester.

He was present at the council of May 1008 at which Wulfstan II, Archbishop of York, preached his Sermo Lupi ad Anglos ( The Sermon of the Wolf to the English ), castigating the English for their moral failings and blaming the latter for the tribulations afflicting the country.

It was first mentioned as " Ilfing " in The Voyages of Ohthere and Wulfstan which was written in Anglo-Saxon in King Alfred's reign using information from a Viking who had visited the area.

Other historians have been more cautious in interpreting this material, noting that chroniclers also reported John's personal interest in the life of St Wulfstan of Worcester and his friendships with several senior clerics, most especially with Hugh of Lincoln, who was later declared a saint.

His body was escorted south by a company of mercenaries and he was buried in Worcester Cathedral in front of the altar of St Wulfstan.

Roger was unable to leave his stronghold in Herefordshire because of efforts by Wulfstan, the Bishop of Worcester, and Æthelwig, the Abbot of Evesham.

Wulfstan of Hedeby ( Latin Haithabu ) was a late ninth century traveller and trader.

It is unclear if Wulfstan was English or indeed if he was from Hedeby, in today's northern Germany near the city of Schleswig.

:" Wulfstan said that he went from Haethum to Truso in seven days and nights, and that the ship was running under sail all the way.

The chronicler Æthelweard is clearer on the point of agency, writing that it was Wulfstan and the ealdorman ( dux ) of the Mercians who deposed these ' deserters ' – perhaps born again pagans – and forced them to submit to Edmund.

Though in general the witan were recognized as the king's closest advisors and policy-makers, various witan also operated in other capacities ; there are mentions of þeodwitan, ' people's witan ', Angolcynnes witan, ' England's witan ', and an Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of York, Wulfstan II, wrote that " it is incumbent on bishops, that venerable witan always travel with them, and dwell with them, at least of the priesthood ; and that they may consult with them .. and who may be their counsellors at every time.

At the request of the papacy, Walter also led inquiries into the canonizations of Gilbert of Sempringham and Wulfstan of Worcester.

Oda also settled a dispute over the Five Boroughs with Wulfstan.

Wulfstan ( c. 1008 – 20 January 1095 ) ( sometimes Wulfstan II, also known as Wolstan, Wulstan and Ulfstan ), Bishop of Worcester, was the last surviving pre-Conquest bishop and the only English-born bishop after 1075.

This, however, does not prevent confusion, since the first Bishop Wulfstan is also called Wulfstan II to denote that he was the second Archbishop of York called Wulfstan.

Wulfstan also administered the diocese of Lichfield when it was vacant between 1071 and 1072.

He also investigated alleged miracles of Wulfstan of Worcester.

Besides sermons Wulfstan was also instrumental in drafting law codes for both kings Æthelred the Unready and Cnut the Great of England.

Wulfstan also wrote the laws that were issued by Cnut at Winchester in 1021 or 1022.

Wulfstan will also provide vocals to a second track entitled " Scaldic Art ".

The near future will also see the release of a Falkenbach tribute CD featuring the vocals of Wulfstan on the track " Heathen Pride ".

It is not only the meaning Island dwellers that connects them to the island Öland ( meaning " Island land "), but also the Old English name for the island which was Eowland ( mentioned by Wulfstan of Hedeby ), " the land of the Eowan ".

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.

He interceded for Waltheof ’ s life and to the last spoke of the earl as an innocent sufferer for the crimes of others ; he lived on terms of friendship with Bishop Wulfstan of Worcester.

The so-called Vita S. Swithuni of Lantfred and Wulfstan, written about 1000, hardly contain any biographical fact ; all that has in later years passed for authentic detail of Swithun's life is extracted from a biography ascribed to Goscelin of St Bertin's, a monk who came over to England with Hermann, bishop of Salisbury from 1058 to 1078.

It gives Awair Strabain as the name of the man who arranged the mutually beneficial agreement with the king of Sweden ; the event would have taken place before the end of the 9th century, when Wulfstan of Hedeby reported that the island was subject to the Swedes:

After his elevation, he wrote his Letter to the Monks of Eynsham, an abridgment for his own monks of Æthelwold's De consuetudine monachorum, adapted to their rudimentary ideas of monastic life ; a letter to Wulfgeat of Ylmandun ; an introduction to the study of the Old and New Testaments ( about 1008, edited by William L ' Isle in 1623 ); a Latin life of his master Æthelwold ; two pastoral letters for Wulfstan, archbishop of York and bishop of Worcester, in Latin and English ; and an English version of Bede's De Temporibus.

Wulfstan ( sometimes Lupus ; died 28 May 1023 ) was an English Bishop of London, Bishop of Worcester, and Archbishop of York.

There is no doubt that Wulfstan had a penchant for law ; his knowledge of previous Anglo-Saxon law ( both royal and ecclesiastical ), as well as ninth-century Carolingian law, was considerable.

Since that publication, other works that were likely authored by Wulfstan have been identified ; a forthcoming edition by Andy Orchard will update the canon of Wulfstan's homilies.

It is generally accepted that the shorter version is the original, and that one of the longer versions is a later authorial revision ; that is, Wulfstan composed the homily, then later re-worked and expanded it.

The longer version, which Wulfstan probably revised himself, exists in a manuscript known to have been annotated and worked over by the archbishop ; in fact, there are many corrections to the Sermo Lupi in this manuscript which were carried out by Wulfstan's own pen.