Event: Invitation, Refusal
Dunstan 1
.refusal of see at Crediton
Asserted in:
B.VitDunstani
19
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Scholarly Info
Description
Eadred 16
tried to persuade
Dunstan 1
to take under his pastoral wing the see at Crediton.
Dunstan 1
refused even after
Eadred 16
's mother (
Eadgifu 4
) had tried to persuade him.
Primary Source Info
Date from Source
After the death of
Æthelgar 4
Persons associated with this Event:
Agent
:
Dunstan 1
(
Archbishop of Canterbury, 959-988
) : He advised
Eadred 16
to choose
Ælfwald 35
instead.
Recipient
:
Eadred 16
(
King of the English, 946-955
)
(Other)
:
Eadgifu 4
(
Wife of
Edward 2
the Elder; mother and grandmother of kings
)
Locations associated with this Event:
Crediton: (
Bishopric
), now
Crediton, Devon