Eadwulf Rus
Eadwulf Rus | |
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Born | unknown |
Died | 1080s |
Cause of death | murdered |
Resting place | Uhtred the Bold via his son Gospatric; either a son of Gospatric or a son of Gospatric's son Uhtred |
Eadulf or Eadwulf Rus (
Eadwulf is primarily remembered for his involvement in the death of
The
On 14 May 1080 a party of Northumbrian natives attacked that bishop-earl and his household at
De primo Saxonum adventu says that the leader was Eadwulf, son of Gospatric; the Historia Regum also names, Eadwulf cognomento Rus as the killer, but claims he was a grandson of Gospatric through another Uhtred.[11] The Libellus de exordio says that killer was a man named Waltheof, though this Waltheof may have been Eadwulf's brother.[12]
According to the Historia Regum Eadwulf was killed soon after the death of Walcher, slain by a woman.[11] His body was buried in the church at Jedburgh (now Scottish Borders), until Prior Turgot of Durham Cathedral had it removed a few years later.[11] Eadwulf may have had a brother named Dolfin[13] in addition to a brother named Waltheof.[14]
Notes
- ^ Fletcher, Bloodfeud, p. 157.
- ^ Fletcher, Bloodfeud, pp. 157–62; Kapelle, Norman Conquest of the North, p. 95.
- ^ See Kapelle, Norman Conquest of the North, pp. 139, 270—1, n. 73.
- ^ Stevenson, Symeon of Durham's History, p. 150.
- ^ Kapelle, Norman Conquest of the North, pp. 270–1, n. 73; see also Stevenson, Symeon of Durham's History, p. 150.
- ^ Kapelle, Norman Conquest of the North, p. 139; Stevenson, Symeon of Durham's History, p. 150.
- ^ Kapelle, Norman Conquest of the North, p. 139.
- ^ a b Kapelle, Norman Conquest of the North, p. 140.
- ^ a b Stevenson, Symeon of Durham's History, p. 152.
- ^ Kapelle, Norman Conquest of the North, p. 140; Stevenson, Symeon of Durham's History, p. 152.
- ^ a b c Stevenson, Symeon of Durham's History, p. 143.
- ^ Rollason (ed.), Libellus de Exordio, pp. 214-—5, n. 99.
- ^ Sharpe, Norman Rule, n. 80, p. 35.
- ^ According to De Primo Saxonum Adventu Waltheof was the name of a brother of his; see Rollason (ed.), Libellus de Exordio, p. 214, n. 99.
References
- Fletcher, Richard (2003), Bloodfeud: Murder and Revenge in Anglo-Saxon England, London: Penguin Books, ISBN 0-14-028692-6
- ISBN 0-7099-0040-6
- ISBN 0-19-820207-5
- Sharpe, Richard (2006), Norman Rule in Cumbria, 1092—1136: A Lecture Delivered to Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society on 9th April 2005 at Carlisle, Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Tract Series No. XXI, Kendal: Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, ISBN 1-873124-43-0
- ISBN 0-947992-12-X