The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Rigwatle

First appears: A.D. 1060–1065

Life events

  • 1063 · King Edward committed the land to Blethgent and Rigwatle, who swore oaths and gave hostages.(A.D. 1060–1065)
    • With: Edward son of Ethelred Blethgent
    • “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”

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.”
  • 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.”

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