Event: Assembly, Killing/murder

Scholarly Info
Description	They [sc. Anonymi 2242] brought Ælfheah 44 to their assembly and put him to death on 19 April.
Year	1012

Primary Source Info
Original Text	C: ... læddon hine to hiora hustinge ... 7 hine ... acwylmdon ...
Date from Source	1012 CDEF(OE and Lat.): on the Sunday evening of the octave of Easter, which was the 13 kalends of May [= 19 April]

Agent: Anonymi 2242 (Vast hostile here called 'Thorkell 1's here' (1009-1012)) : On the Saturday they [sc Anonymi 2242] were very incensed at the bishop [sc. Ælfheah 44] because he would not promise them money and forbade that anything be given to them. They were also very drunk because wine had been brought them from the south. They took the bishop and led him to their assembly on the evening of the Sunday and there shamefully killed him, pelting him with bones and the heads of cattle. One of them struck him on the head with the back of an axe, so that he sank down at the blow and his holy blood fell to the earth.
Recipient: Ælfheah 44 (II, bishop of Winchester, 984-1006; archbishop of Canterbury, 1006-1012)

Event: Assembly, Killing/murderAnonymi 2242.killing of Ælfheah 44