Alderman Edric
Also known as: Edric · Family: English · Role: alderman · First appears: A.D. 1006–1010
In 1007, Edric was appointed alderman over all the kingdom of the Mercians. In 1009, his brother Brihtric betrayed Wulnoth to the king.
In 1015, Edric betrayed Sigferth and Morcar, who were slain at Oxford. He then took forty ships from the king and submitted to King Knute. In 1016, he advised the slaying of Earl Utred and Thurkytel in Northumbria. At Sherston, after midsummer, he and Aylmer the darling assisted the army against Edmund son of Ethelred; at Assingdon, Edric began the flight and “betrayed his natural lord and all the people of England.” He was slain at London in 1017.
Relationship record
Life events
- 1007 · Edric was appointed alderman over all the kingdom of the Mercians.(A.D. 1006–1010)
- “In this year also was Edric appointed alderman over all the kingdom of the Mercians.”
- 1015 · Alderman Edric betrayed Sigferth and Morcar, who were slain.(A.D. 1015–1018 · 📍 Oxford)
- With: Sigferth Morcar (A.D. 1015)
- “Alderman Edric betrayed Sigferth and Morcar, the eldest thanes belonging to the Seven Towns. He allured them into his bower, where they were shamefully slain.”
- 1015 · Alderman Edric seduced forty ships from the king and submitted to Knute.(A.D. 1015–1018)
- With: King Knute
- “Alderman Edric then seduced forty ships from the king, and submitted to Knute.”
- 1016 · Earl Utred was slain on the advice of Alderman Edric, along with Thurkytel.(A.D. 1015–1018 · 📍 Northumbria)
- With: Thurkytel (A.D. 1016) Earl Utred
- “but, though he gave hostages, he was nevertheless slain by the advice of Alderman Edric, and Thurkytel, the son of Nafan, with him.”
- 1016 · Alderman Edric and Aylmer the darling assisted the army against King Edmund at Sherston.(A.D. 1015–1018 · 📍 Sherston)
- With: Aylmer the darling Edmund son of Ethelred
- “A second battle he fought, after midsummer, at Sherston; where much slaughter was made on either side, and the leaders themselves came together in the fight. Alderman Edric and Aylmer the darling were assisting the army against King Edmund.”
- 1016 · Alderman Edric began the flight at Assingdon and betrayed Edmund and the English people.(A.D. 1015–1018 · 📍 Assingdon)
- With: Edmund son of Ethelred
- “Then did Alderman Edric as he often did before--he first began the flight with the Maisevethians, and so betrayed his natural lord and all the people of England.”
- 1017 · Alderman Edric was slain at London.(A.D. 1015–1018 · 📍 London)
- “This year also was Alderman Edric slain at London,”
A.D. 1006–1010
- siblings with Brihtric (The text identifies Brihtric as Edric's brother.) “It was at this same time, or a little earlier, that Brihtric, brother of Alderman Edric, bewrayed Wulnoth, the South-Saxon knight, father of Earl Godwin, to the king;”
A.D. 1015–1018
- with Sigferth (Betrayal.) “Alderman Edric betrayed Sigferth and Morcar, the eldest thanes belonging to the Seven Towns.”
- with Morcar (A.D. 1015) (Betrayal.) “Alderman Edric betrayed Sigferth and Morcar, the eldest thanes belonging to the Seven Towns.”
- with Edmund son of Ethelred (Attempted betrayal.) “When they came together, the alderman designed to betray Edmund the etheling, but he could not; whereupon they separated without an engagement, and sheered off from their enemies.”
- vassal / appointee: King Knute “Alderman Edric then seduced forty ships from the king, and submitted to Knute.”
- enemies with Edmund son of Ethelred “Alderman Edric and Aylmer the darling were assisting the army against King Edmund.”
- allies with King Knute “This year came King Knute with a marine force of one hundred and sixty ships, and Alderman Edric with him, over the Thames into Mercia at Cricklade;”
- enemies with Earl Utred “but, though he gave hostages, he was nevertheless slain by the advice of Alderman Edric, and Thurkytel, the son of Nafan, with him.”
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Extracted from the original text of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Made with Rho MD.