Sparhawk

Role: Abbot of Abingdon · First appears: A.D. 1050

Life events

• 1050 · King Edward gave Sparhawk the see of London, but it was taken from him before consecration.(A.D. 1050 · 📍 London)
  • With: Edward son of Ethelred
  • “The king meanwhile gave the see of London to Sparhawk, Abbot of Abingdon, but it was taken from him again before he was consecrated.”
• 1051 · Edward gave Sparhawk the bishopric of London, but it was taken from him before consecration.(A.D. 1051 · 📍 London)
  • With: Edward son of Ethelred
  • “And Sparhafoc, Abbot of Abingdon, succeeded to the bishopric of London; and it was afterwards taken from him before he was consecrated.”
• 1051 · Sparhawk was driven from his bishopric.(A.D. 1051 · 📍 London)
  • With: Edward son of Ethelred
  • “Then was Abbot Sparhawk driven from his bishopric at London;”

A.D. 1050

• lord / consecrator: Edward son of Ethelred “The king meanwhile gave the see of London to Sparhawk, Abbot of Abingdon, but it was taken from him again before he was consecrated.”

A.D. 1051

• lord / consecrator: Edward son of Ethelred “Then went the abbot to London, and sat at the bishopric which the king had before given him, with his full leave, all the summer and the autumn.”

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