Stigand

Also known as: Archbishop Stigand / Bishop Stigand · Family: English · Role: priest · First appears: A.D. 1019–1035

Life events

• 1020 · Knute ordered a minster built and gave it to his priest Stigand.(A.D. 1019–1035 · 📍 Assingdon)
  • With: King Knute
  • “and he ordered to be built there a minster of stone and lime, for the souls of the men who were there slain, and gave it to his own priest, whose name was Stigand”
• 1043 · Stigand was deprived of his bishopric.(A.D. 1042–1046)
  • “Soon after this Stigand was deprived of his bishopric;”
• 1044 · Stigand returned to his bishopric.(A.D. 1042–1046)
  • “and Stigand returned to his bishopric.”
• 1052 · Bishop Stigand succeeded to the archbishopric.(A.D. 1052 · part 1 · 📍 Canterbury)
  • “Bishop Stigand succeeded to the archbishopric at Canterbury”
• 1052 · Bishop Stigand helped broker an agreement for hostages between the king's side and Godwin's side.(A.D. 1052 · part 3 · 📍 London)
  • With: Edward son of Ethelred Earl Godwin
  • “Then Bishop Stigand interposed with God's help, and the wise men as well within the town as without; and they decreed that hostages should be set forth on either side: and thus was it done.”
• 1052 · Bishop Stigand obtained the Archbishopric of Canterbury.(A.D. 1052 · part 3 · 📍 Canterbury)
  • “And Bishop Stigand obtained the Archbishopric of Canterbury.”
• 1066 · William went over sea to Normandy, taking Stigand, Aylnoth, Edgar, Edwin, Morkar, Waltheof, and other Englishmen.(A.D. 1066 · part 1 · 📍 Normandy)
  • With: William of Normandy Aylnoth Edgar Etheling Earl Edwin Morkar Waltheof
  • “and in Lent went over sea to Normandy, taking with him Archbishop Stigand, and Abbot Aylnoth of Glastonbury, and the child Edgar, and the Earls Edwin, Morkar, and Waltheof, and many other good men of England.”

A.D. 1019–1035

• patron: King Knute “and gave it to his own priest, whose name was Stigand;”

A.D. 1052 · part 3

• with Archbishop Robert (interaction) “And they declared Archbishop Robert utterly an outlaw, and all the Frenchmen, because they had made most of the difference between Godwin, the earl, and the king.”
• lord / consecrator: Edward son of Ethelred “And Bishop Stigand obtained the Archbishopric of Canterbury.”

A.D. 1055–1059

• vassal / appointee: Algeric “Archbishop Stigand ordained Algeric, a monk at Christchurch, Bishop of Sussex,”
• vassal / appointee: Abbot Siward “and Abbot Siward Bishop of Rochester.”

A.D. 1066 · part 1

• with William of Normandy (interaction) “and in Lent went over sea to Normandy, taking with him Archbishop Stigand, and Abbot Aylnoth of Glastonbury, and the child Edgar, and the Earls Edwin, Morkar, and Waltheof, and many other good men of England.”
• with William of Normandy (William took Stigand with him on his journey.) “Nevertheless he laid very heavy tribute on men, and in Lent went over sea to Normandy, taking with him Archbishop Stigand, and Abbot Aylnoth of Glastonbury, and the child Edgar, and the Earls Edwin, Morkar, and Waltheof, and many other good men of England.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Made with Rho MD.