Other Figures — Minor Figures

390 figures from The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Bishop Dudoc

Bishop of Wells · first appears A.D. 1046–1047

A.D. 1046–1047 · with Edward son of Ethelred “And King Edward sent thither Bishop Dudoc Of Wells, and Wulfric, Abbot of St. Augustine's, and Abbot Elfwin Of Ramsey, that they might make known to the king what should be there resolved on for Christendom.”

first appears A.D. 1060–1065

A.D. 1060–1065 · lord / consecrator: Edward son of Ethelred “King Edward committed the land to his two brothers, Blethgent and Rigwatle; who swore oaths, and gave hostages to the king and to the earl, that they would be faithful to him in all things, ready to aid him everywhere by water and land, and would pay him such tribute from the land as was paid long before to other kings.”
A.D. 1060–1065 · lord / consecrator: Harold son of Godwin “King Edward committed the land to his two brothers, Blethgent and Rigwatle; who swore oaths, and gave hostages to the king and to the earl, that they would be faithful to him in all things, ready to aid him everywhere by water and land, and would pay him such tribute from the land as was paid long before to other kings.”

archbishop · first appears A.D. 1042–1046

A.D. 1042–1046 · vassal / appointee: Edward son of Ethelred “Archbishop Edsy consecrated him”
A.D. 1042–1046 · vassal / appointee: Abbot Siward “Archbishop Edsy resigned his see from infirmity, and consecrated Siward, Abbot of Abingdon, bishop thereto”

Abbot of Ramsey · first appears A.D. 1046–1047

A.D. 1046–1047 · with Edward son of Ethelred “And King Edward sent thither Bishop Dudoc Of Wells, and Wulfric, Abbot of St. Augustine's, and Abbot Elfwin Of Ramsey, that they might make known to the king what should be there resolved on for Christendom.”

monk · first appears A.D. 1060–1065

A.D. 1060–1065 · lord / consecrator: Edward son of Ethelred “When word came to the king that the Abbot Wulfric was dead, then chose he Ethelsy, a monk of the old minster, to succeed;”

priest · first appears A.D. 1060–1065

A.D. 1060–1065 · lord / consecrator: Edward son of Ethelred “Gisa the priest was appointed in his stead.”

earl · first appears A.D. 1051

A.D. 1051 · lord / consecrator: Edward son of Ethelred “Then was Oddy appointed earl over Devonshire, and over Somerset, and over Dorset, and over Wales;”