Æthelred 13 (Male) Archbishop of Canterbury, 870-888
m/l ix

Notes: CDNB 1:944; DNB 18:27 = 6:891; A. F. Wareham, ?Æthelred (d. 888)?, ODNB.

Factoid List

Recorded Name (23)
Adelfredus (1)
 John VIII.Ep.CS2   
Atheldredus (1)
 S357   
Ederedus (1)
 John VIII.Ep.CS3  p. 4
EÐELRED (1)
 EMC Coin  1986.9353 (N 251 (Abp Æthelred; Cross-and-lozenge))
EÐERED (2)
 EMC Coin  2001.093 (N 251 (Abp Æthelred; Cross-and-lozenge))
 EMC Coin  1996.0155 (N 250 (Abp Æthelred; Portrait / Quatrefoil))
Eðered (1)
 S344   
[Æ]þered (1)
 ASC  888 A
Æderedus (1)
 ASC  889 F(Lat.)
Ædred (1)
 S1202   
Æthered (1)
 Æthelweard.Chron  iv.3 (p. 47)
Æðelred (1)
 S321   
Æðelredus (1)
 NewMinster.LiberVitae  Fol 15r.5.xviii
Æðered (5)
 ASC  888 E, 889 F(OE)
 S351   
 S1202   
 S319   
 S1508   
Æðeredus (1)
 S1203   
Æþered (4)
 ASC  870 A
 ASC  <889> B, 889 C, 888 DG
 S345   
 S1507   
Personal Information (2)
piety (2)
 John VIII.Ep.CS2    (most reverend and holy)
 John VIII.Ep.CS3  p. 4 (most reverend and holy)
Authorship (1)
 Author of a letter to John 23 (Letter): John VIII.Ep.CS3  p. 4
Office (27)
Abbot (1)
 John VIII.Ep.CS2   
Archbishop (25)
 ASC  870 A (Archbishop of Canterbury)
 ASC  888 ADEG, <889> B, 889 CF(OE and Lat.) (Archbishop of Canterbury)
 S344   
 S345   
 S351   
 S357   
 S1202   
 S1203   
 John VIII.Ep.CS3  p. 4
 S319   
 S321   
 Æthelweard.Chron  iv.3 (p. 47)
 NewMinster.LiberVitae  Fol 15r.5.xviii (Archbishop of the people of Canterbury)
 S1507   
 S1508   
 Anon.EpisList2    (archbishop of the church of Canterbury)
 Anon.EpisList3    (archbishop of the church of Canterbury)
 Anon.EpisList4    (archbishop of the city of Canterbury)
 Anon.EpisList4    (archbishop of the city of Canterbury)
 Anon.EpisList5    (archbishop of the church of Canterbury)
 WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  i.13
 EMC Coin  2001.093 (N 251 (Abp Æthelred; Cross-and-lozenge))
 EMC Coin  1042.0629 (N 251 (Abp Æthelred; Cross-and-lozenge))
 EMC Coin  1996.0155 (N 250 (Abp Æthelred; Portrait / Quatrefoil))
 EMC Coin  1986.9353 (N 251 (Abp Æthelred; Cross-and-lozenge))
Bishop (1)
 ASC  870 A (Bishop of Wiltshire)
Personal Relationship (2)
Æthelred 13 Brother (Honorific kinship) of ~ (2)
 of John 23: John VIII.Ep.CS2   
 of John 23: John VIII.Ep.CS3  p. 4
Event (21)
Advice/counsel (2)
 John 23.letter to various people in England: John 23 wrote to Æthelred 13 and Wulfhere 8 and all the clergy of England, asking them to put off lay garments and resume the clerical vestments according to the custom of the Roman Church.: John VIII.Ep.CS2    (873 x 875)
 John 23.letter to Æthelred: John 23 wrote to Æthelred 13 in response to one letter from the Archbishop. The pope exhorted the archbishop to resist the king (Alfred 8) and protect all priests, monks, nuns and widows. : John VIII.Ep.CS3  pp. 4-6 (877 x 878)
Agreement (2)
 Alfred 18.exchanging property rights with Christ Church, Canterbury S1202: Alfred 18, dux, makes an agreement with Archbishop Æthelred 13 and the community at Christ Church. Alfred 18 receives life-use of an estate at Croydon, Surrey, in return for bequeathing an estate at Chartham, Kent, to Christ Church after his death: S1202    (870 x 899)
 S1202 - agreement between Alfred 18 and Æthelred 13: Alfred 18, dux, makes an agreement with Archbishop Æthelred 13 and the community at Canterbury, Christ Church. Alfred 18 receives life-use of an estate at Croydon, Surrey, in return for bequeathing an estate at Chartham, Kent, to Christ Church after his death: S1202    (870 x 889)
Appointment/consecration/elevation/ordination of archbishop (1)
 Æthelred 13.selection as archbishop of Canterbury: Æthelred 13 was chosen as archbishop at Canterbury.: ASC  870 A (870)
Assembly (1)
 Alfred 8 meeting with his council and reading Æthelwulf 1’s will: After King Æthelred 15 had died having left no will, Alfred 8 met with his council at Langanden and read their King Æthelwulf 1's will. They then all pronounced and declared that they could not conceive any juster title nor hear of one in the will. And they all gave him their pledge and signature that as long as they lived no man should ever change it in any way other than as he bequeath it at his last day.: S1507    (873 x 888)
Bequeathing/will-making (4)
 Alfred 8 meeting with his council and reading Æthelwulf 1’s will: After King Æthelred 15 had died having left no will, Alfred 8 met with his council at Langanden and read their King Æthelwulf 1's will. They then all pronounced and declared that they could not conceive any juster title nor hear of one in the will. And they all gave him their pledge and signature that as long as they lived no man should ever change it in any way other than as he bequeath it at his last day.: S1507    (873 x 888)
 Alfred 18.exchanging property rights with Christ Church, Canterbury S1202: Alfred 18, dux, makes an agreement with Archbishop Æthelred 13 and the community at Christ Church. Alfred 18 receives life-use of an estate at Croydon, Surrey, in return for bequeathing an estate at Chartham, Kent, to Christ Church after his death: S1202    (870 x 899)
 S1202 - agreement between Alfred 18 and Æthelred 13: Alfred 18, dux, makes an agreement with Archbishop Æthelred 13 and the community at Canterbury, Christ Church. Alfred 18 receives life-use of an estate at Croydon, Surrey, in return for bequeathing an estate at Chartham, Kent, to Christ Church after his death: S1202    (870 x 889)
 Various.witnessing Alfred 18 bequeathing his lands S1508: Will of Alfred 18, ealdorman, including bequests of 32 hides at Sanderstead and Selsdon in Surrey, 20 at Westerham in Kent, 6 at Lingfield and 10 at Horsley, both in Surrey, and 6 at Nettlestead, Kent [to his wife, Wærburg 3, and their daughter, Ealhthryth 1]; of a annual render of 200 pence from an estate at Clapham, Surrey [to Chertsey 1 minster]; of 2 hides at Waddington and 1 at Gatton, Surrey [to his son, Æthelwald 33]; of 1 hide at Linkfield in Reigate, Surrey, to his kinsman Beorhtsige 3; of land at Nettlestead, Kent, to his kinsman Sigewulf 6, burdened with an annual render to Christ Church, Canterbury; of land at Farleigh, Kent, burdened with an annual render to Rochester 1, to Eadred 13, after Æthelred 23's time, with reversion to Alfred 18's maternal relatives.: S1508    (871 x 888)
Charter-witnessing (8)
 S1202 - agreement between Alfred 18 and Æthelred 13: Alfred 18, dux, makes an agreement with Archbishop Æthelred 13 and the community at Canterbury, Christ Church. Alfred 18 receives life-use of an estate at Croydon, Surrey, in return for bequeathing an estate at Chartham, Kent, to Christ Church after his death: S1202    (870 x 889)
 S1203 - Eardwulf 12 selling land to Wighelm 10: Eardwulf 12 to Wighelm 10; grant of 1 sulung and a 'yokelet' at Hamme (? Ham in Romney Marsh, Kent), in return for 120 mancuses of gold: S1203    (875)
 S319 - Æthelwulf 1 granting land to Eadred 7: Æthelwulf 1, king of the West Saxons and of the people of Kent, to Eadred 7; grant of land at Horton, near Canterbury, Kent: S319    (844)
 S321 - Alfred 8 granting land to Swithwulf 2: Æthelwulf 1 [recte Alfred 8], king of the Saxons, to the church of St Andrew (Rochester) and bishop Swithwulf 2; grant of 3 sulungs (aratra) at Cuxton, with meadow at Chatham, Kent: S321    (880)
 S344 - Alfred 8 & Æthelred 13 selling land to Liaba 1: Alfred 8, king, and Æthelred 13, archbishop, to Liaba 1, son of Birgwine 1; grant of land at Ileden, Kent, in return for 25 mancuses of gold: S344    (873)
 S345 - Alfred 8 granting land to Æthelstan 9: Alfred 8, king of the Saxons, to Æthelstan 9, his minister; grant of 15 hides (cassati) at Cyricestun (? Somerset), in return for 30 mancuses and 2 hides at Stoce (? Stoke St Mary, Somerset): S345    (882)
 S351 - Alfred 8 granting land to Heahfrith 14: Alfred 8, king of the English, to Heahfrith 14, minister; grant of 8 hides (mansae) at Worthy, Hants: S351    (871 x 899)
 S357 - Alfred 8 granting privileges and land to Shaftesbury 1: Alfred 8, king, to the church of Shaftesbury 1; grant of privileges and of land at Donhead (St Andrew and St Mary), Wilts.; Compton Abbas, Sixpenny Handley, Gussage (St Andrew), Tarrant Hinton, Iwerne Minster and Fontmell Magna, Dorset: S357    (871 x 899)
Correspondence (2)
 John 23.letter to various people in England: John 23 wrote to Æthelred 13 and Wulfhere 8 and all the clergy of England, asking them to put off lay garments and resume the clerical vestments according to the custom of the Roman Church.: John VIII.Ep.CS2    (873 x 875)
 John 23.letter to Æthelred: John 23 wrote to Æthelred 13 in response to one letter from the Archbishop. The pope exhorted the archbishop to resist the king (Alfred 8) and protect all priests, monks, nuns and widows. : John VIII.Ep.CS3  pp. 4-6 (877 x 878)
Death/dying (2)
 Æthelred 13-Æthelwald 29.deaths: Æthelred 13 [ABCDEG: and Æthelwald 29] passed away [ABCDEG: in one month].: ASC  888 ADEF(OE and Lat.)G, <889> B, 889 C (888)
 Æthelred 13.death: Æthelred 13 passed away.: Æthelweard.Chron  iv.3 (p. 47) (888)
Disputing/dispute-settling (1)
 Æthelred 13-Alfred 8.dissension: There was some cause of dissension between the king (Alfred 8) and the archbishop (Æthelred 13).: John VIII.Ep.CS3  pp. 4-5 (877 x 878)
Grant and Gift (6)
 S1203 - Eardwulf 12 selling land to Wighelm 10: Eardwulf 12 to Wighelm 10; grant of 1 sulung and a 'yokelet' at Hamme (? Ham in Romney Marsh, Kent), in return for 120 mancuses of gold: S1203    (875)
 S319 - Æthelwulf 1 granting land to Eadred 7: Æthelwulf 1, king of the West Saxons and of the people of Kent, to Eadred 7; grant of land at Horton, near Canterbury, Kent: S319    (844)
 S321 - Alfred 8 granting land to Swithwulf 2: Æthelwulf 1 [recte Alfred 8], king of the Saxons, to the church of St Andrew (Rochester) and bishop Swithwulf 2; grant of 3 sulungs (aratra) at Cuxton, with meadow at Chatham, Kent: S321    (880)
 S345 - Alfred 8 granting land to Æthelstan 9: Alfred 8, king of the Saxons, to Æthelstan 9, his minister; grant of 15 hides (cassati) at Cyricestun (? Somerset), in return for 30 mancuses and 2 hides at Stoce (? Stoke St Mary, Somerset): S345    (882)
 S351 - Alfred 8 granting land to Heahfrith 14: Alfred 8, king of the English, to Heahfrith 14, minister; grant of 8 hides (mansae) at Worthy, Hants: S351    (871 x 899)
 S357 - Alfred 8 granting privileges and land to Shaftesbury 1: Alfred 8, king, to the church of Shaftesbury 1; grant of privileges and of land at Donhead (St Andrew and St Mary), Wilts.; Compton Abbas, Sixpenny Handley, Gussage (St Andrew), Tarrant Hinton, Iwerne Minster and Fontmell Magna, Dorset: S357    (871 x 899)
Lease (2)
 Alfred 18.exchanging property rights with Christ Church, Canterbury S1202: Alfred 18, dux, makes an agreement with Archbishop Æthelred 13 and the community at Christ Church. Alfred 18 receives life-use of an estate at Croydon, Surrey, in return for bequeathing an estate at Chartham, Kent, to Christ Church after his death: S1202    (870 x 899)
 S1202 - agreement between Alfred 18 and Æthelred 13: Alfred 18, dux, makes an agreement with Archbishop Æthelred 13 and the community at Canterbury, Christ Church. Alfred 18 receives life-use of an estate at Croydon, Surrey, in return for bequeathing an estate at Chartham, Kent, to Christ Church after his death: S1202    (870 x 889)
Policy decision (1)
 Alfred 8 meeting with his council and reading Æthelwulf 1’s will: After King Æthelred 15 had died having left no will, Alfred 8 met with his council at Langanden and read their King Æthelwulf 1's will. They then all pronounced and declared that they could not conceive any juster title nor hear of one in the will. And they all gave him their pledge and signature that as long as they lived no man should ever change it in any way other than as he bequeath it at his last day.: S1507    (873 x 888)
Property-buying/purchasing (2)
 S344 - Alfred 8 & Æthelred 13 selling land to Liaba 1: Alfred 8, king, and Æthelred 13, archbishop, to Liaba 1, son of Birgwine 1; grant of land at Ileden, Kent, in return for 25 mancuses of gold: S344    (873)
 S345 - Alfred 8 granting land to Æthelstan 9: Alfred 8, king of the Saxons, to Æthelstan 9, his minister; grant of 15 hides (cassati) at Cyricestun (? Somerset), in return for 30 mancuses and 2 hides at Stoce (? Stoke St Mary, Somerset): S345    (882)
Property-exchanging (2)
 Alfred 8-Æthelred 13.selling land to Liaba 1: Alfred 8, king, and Æthelred 13, archbishop, to Liaba 1, son of Birgwine 1; grant of land at Ileden, Kent, in return for 25 mancuses of gold: S344    (873)
 Liaba 1.S344 buying land from Alfred 8 & Æthelred 13: Alfred 8, king, and Æthelred 13, archbishop, to Liaba 1, son of Birgwine 1; grant of land at Ileden, Kent, in return for 25 mancuses of gold: S344    (873)
Property-giving/selling (3)
 Alfred 8-Æthelred 13.selling land to Liaba 1: Alfred 8, king, and Æthelred 13, archbishop, to Liaba 1, son of Birgwine 1; grant of land at Ileden, Kent, in return for 25 mancuses of gold: S344    (873)
 Liaba 1.S344 buying land from Alfred 8 & Æthelred 13: Alfred 8, king, and Æthelred 13, archbishop, to Liaba 1, son of Birgwine 1; grant of land at Ileden, Kent, in return for 25 mancuses of gold: S344    (873)
 S1203 - Eardwulf 12 selling land to Wighelm 10: Eardwulf 12 to Wighelm 10; grant of 1 sulung and a 'yokelet' at Hamme (? Ham in Romney Marsh, Kent), in return for 120 mancuses of gold: S1203    (875)
Factoids linked indirectly to Æthelred 13 (7)
Authorship (2)
John 23:  Author of a letter to Æthelred 13 and Wulfhere 8 (Letter): John VIII.Ep.CS2   
John 23:  Author of a letter to Æthelred 13 (Letter): John VIII.Ep.CS3  pp. 4-6
Office (5)
Archbishop of Æthelred 13 (1)
 Plegmund 1: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  i.13
Moneyer of Æthelred 13 (4)
 Æthelmund 28: EMC Coin  2001.093 (N 251 (Abp Æthelred; Cross-and-lozenge))
 Æthelmund 28: EMC Coin  1042.0629 (N 251 (Abp Æthelred; Cross-and-lozenge))
 Æthelred 46: EMC Coin  1996.0155 (N 250 (Abp Æthelred; Portrait / Quatrefoil))
 Torhtmund 2: EMC Coin  1986.9353 (N 251 (Abp Æthelred; Cross-and-lozenge))