Leofric the Abbot

Also known as: Abbot Leofric / Leofric / Leofric, Abbot of Peterborough / the monk Leofric · Family: English · Role: monk, later abbot · First appears: A.D. 1052 · part 1

Life events

• 1052 · Arnwy resigned his abbacy and gave it to Leofric with the king’s and monks’ leave.(A.D. 1052 · part 1 · 📍 Peterborough)
  • With: Arnwy
  • “Arnwy, Abbot of Peterborough, resigned his abbacy in full health; and gave it to the monk Leofric, with the king's leave and that of the monks”
• 1052 · Arnwy left the abbacy and gave it to Leofric with the king's and monks' permission.(A.D. 1052 · part 3 · 📍 Peterborough)
  • With: Arnwy
  • “In this same time Arnwy, Abbot of Peterborough, left the abbacy, in sound health, and gave it to Leofric the monk, by leave of the king and of the monks;”
• 1052 · Leofric enriched the minster, which became known as the Golden-borough.(A.D. 1052 · part 3 · 📍 Peterborough)
  • “And Abbot Leofric then (enriched) the minster, so that it was called the Golden-borough.”
• 1066 · Leofric returned home sick and died soon after.(A.D. 1066 · part 1 · 📍 Peterborough)
  • “In that same expedition was Leofric, Abbot of Peterborough; who sickened there, and came home, and died soon after, on the night of Allhallow-mass.”
• 1066 · The king gave the abbey at Burton to St. Peter and Leofric.(A.D. 1066 · part 1 · 📍 Burton)
  • With: Edmund, the king's son (A.D. 1066)
  • “so that the king gave to St. Peter and him the abbey at Burton, and that at Coventry, which the Earl Leofric, who was his uncle, had formerly made;”
• 1066 · Leofric the Abbot died after becoming ill during the expedition.(A.D. 1066 · part 2 · 📍 Peterborough)
  • “and there he sickened, and came home, and was dead soon thereafter, on All-hallows-mass-night;”
• 1066 · King Edward gave Leofric the abbacy at Burton and other abbacies.(A.D. 1066 · part 2 · 📍 Burton)
  • With: Edward son of Ethelred
  • “so that the king gave to St. Peter and to him the abbacy at Burton, and that of Coventry, which Leofric the earl, who was his uncle, before had made, and that of Crowland, and that of Thorney.”

A.D. 1052 · part 1

• lord / consecrator: Arnwy “At the same time Arnwy, Abbot of Peterborough, resigned his abbacy in full health; and gave it to the monk Leofric, with the king's leave and that of the monks;”

A.D. 1052 · part 3

• lord / consecrator: Arnwy “Arnwy, Abbot of Peterborough, left the abbacy, in sound health, and gave it to Leofric the monk, by leave of the king and of the monks;”

A.D. 1066 · part 1

• elder kin: Earl Leofric “and that at Coventry, which the Earl Leofric, who was his uncle, had formerly made”
• patron: William of Normandy “He was beloved by all; so that the king gave to St. Peter and him the abbey at Burton, and that at Coventry, which the Earl Leofric, who was his uncle, had formerly made; with that of Croyland, and that of Thorney.”

A.D. 1066 · part 2

• elder kin: Earl Leofric “which Leofric the earl, who was his uncle, before had made”
• patron: Edward son of Ethelred (The king gave several abbeys to Leofric the Abbot.) “in his day was all bliss and all good in Peterborough; and he was dear to all people, so that the king gave to St. Peter and to him the abbacy at Burton, and that of Coventry, which Leofric the earl, who was his uncle, before had made, and that of Crowland, and that of Thorney.”

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