Scholarly Info
Description |
At the king's command, Æthelwold 1 was tonsured by Ælfheah 19 to clerical status. |
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Primary Source Info
Original Text |
ad clericatus officium tonsoratus |
Date from Source |
after having spent a long time at the king's court. |
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Notes:
*Wulfstan means that Æthelwold 1 was tonsured into minor orders. See @Lapidge and Winterbottom, p. 11, n. 10.
Persons associated with this Event:
- Agent:
Æthelstan 18
(King of the Anglo-Saxons, 924x925-927 and of the English, 927-939)
- Agent:
Ælfheah 19
(I, the Bald, bishop of Winchester, 934x935-951)
- Recipient:
Æthelwold 1
(Saint; Abbot of Abingdon, c.954-963; Bishop of Winchester, 963-84)