Location: Northampton / Northamptonshire

Factoid List

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Event ASC  913 A, <914> B, 914 CD, 917 G   Here in this year the here (Anonymi 1014) rode out from Northampton and Leicester and broke the peace.
Transaction S68      Wulfhere 1, king of the Mercians and the inland and South Angles, to St Peter's, Medeshamstede; confirmation and grant of many estates
Event ASC  914 A, <915> B, 915 CD, 918 G   Thurcytel 2, all the holds (Anonymi 1046), the most senior men who belonged to Bedford (Anonymi 1047) and many of those who belonged to Northampton (Anonymi 1048) sought [Edward 2] as lord.
Occupation ASC (A)  917 A (p. 68), 921 G (p. 80) Anonymi 1439 Here
Occupation ASC (A)  917 A (p. 66), 921 G (p. 78) Anonymi 1420 Here
Event ASC (A)  917 A (p. 66), 921 G (p. 78)   Between Lammas and midsummer the here from Northampton, Leicester and the north (Anonymi 1420) broke the peace.
Event ASC (C-F)  1010 CDE   They [sc. Anonymi 2242] went from there [sc. Northampton] over the Thames to the West Saxons (Anonymi 2255) and then to Cannings marsh.
Event ASC (C-F)  1010 CDE   They [sc. Anonymi 2242] immediately burned down that port [of Northampton] and as much of its environs as they wished.
Event ASC (C-F)  1010 CDE   Before St Andrew's Day [= 30 November] the here (Anonymi 2242) came to Northampton.
Transaction S1448a      Ealdorman Ælfric 70 bought the estate at Leobrantestune from Fræna 4 at a meeting of the whole host of Northampton
RecordedNames ASC (C-F)  1035 D Ælfgifu 1 Ælfgifu of Northampton
Event ASC (C-F) 1042-1087  CD 1065; E 1064   MS C: And then after Michaelmas all the thegns of Yorkshire (Anonymi 10016) went to York and killed there all Tosti 2’s housecarls (Anonymi 10017) that they could find and took his treasure. And Tosti 2 was then at Britford with the king. And very soon after this there was a big council meeting at Northampton, and likewise one at Oxford on the feast of St Simon and St Jude [28 October]. And Earl Harold 3 was there and wanted to bring about an agreement between them if he could. But he could not. But all Tosti 2’s earldom unanimously deserted him, and outlawed him, and all those with him who had committed lawless deeds; because first he robbed God, and all those who were less powerful than himself he deprived of life and land. And they adopted Morcar 3 as their earl, and Tosti 2 went overseas and his wife [Judith 2] with him to Baldwin 4’s country, and took up winter quarters at St Omer.

MS DE: (MS D) And soon after this all the thegns in Yorkshire and in Northumberland ... / (MS E) In this year the men of Northumbria ... (MSS DE) ... came together and outlawed their Earl Tosti 2 and killed his hiredmen, and all they could get at, both English and Danish, and took all his weapons in York, and gold and silver and all his treasure they could hear about anywhere. And they sent for Morcar 3, son of Earl Ælfgar 46, and chose him as their earl, and he went south with all the people of the shire, and of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, and Lincolnshire until he came to Northampton. And his brother Edwin 33 came to meet him with the men that were in his earldom, and also many Welsh came with him. Thereupon Earl Harold 3 came to meet them, and they entrusted him with a message to King Edward 15, and also sent messengers with him, and asked that they might be allowed to have Morcar 3 as their earl. And the king granted this and sent Harold 3 back to them at Northampton on the eve of St Simon and St Jude [28 December]. And he proclaimed this to them and gave them surety for it, and he renewed there the law of King Cnut 3. And the northern men did much damage round Northampton while he was gone on their errand, in that they killed people and burned houses and corn and took all the cattle that they could get at – which was many thousands – and captured many hundreds of people and took them north with them, so that that shire and other neighbouring shires were the worse for it for many years. And Earl Tosti 2 and his wife [Judith 2] and all those who wanted what he wanted went south overseas to Count Baldwin 4, and he received them all and there they remained all the winter.
Event ASC (C-F) 1042-1087  CD 1065; E 1064   MS C: And they [the people of Northumbria] adopted Morcar 3 [Morkere] as their earl.

MS DE: And they sent for Morcar 3, son of Earl Ælfgar 46 [of Mercia], and chose him as their earl, and he went south with all the people of the shire, and of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, and Lincolnshire until he came to Northampton. And his brother Edwin 33 came to meet him with the men that were in his earldom, and also many Welsh came with him. Thereupon Earl Harold 3 came to meet them, and they entrusted him with a message to King Edward 15, and also sent messengers with him, and asked that they might be allowed to have Morcar 3 as their earl. And the king granted this and sent Harold 3 back to them at Northampton on the eve of St Simon and St Jude [28 December]. And he proclaimed this to them and gave them surety for it, and he renewed there the law of King Cnut 3. And the northern men did much damage round Northampton while he was gone on their errand, in that they killed people and burned houses and corn and took all the cattle that they could get at – which was many thousands – and captured many hundreds of people and took them north with them, so that that shire and other neighbouring shires were the worse for it for many years.
Event Anon.LiberEliensis  II.11 / LÆ 10   A meeting was convened in London where, it being a time when duces, principles, satrape, rhetores and causidici had gathered from every region, Æthelwold 1 summoned the aforesaid Leofsige 28 to justice. The witan restored Peterborough, Oundle, and Kettering to Æthelwold 1 and ruled that Leofsige 28 should pay compensation to the bishop to the value of his ‘mund’, and for the violence pay compensation to the king to the amount of his wergild. They met again within 8 days at Northampton, where the people of that region gave the same verdict as had been given at London.
Event NorthernAnnals.SecondSet  84   In 939 king Olaf 3 first came to York, and then, marching south, besieged Northampton. But accomplishing nothing there, he turned his army to Tamworth and ravaged everything round about it. When he reached Leicester on his return, king Edmund 14 met him with an army. There was no severe fighting, for the two archbishops, Oda 3 and Wulfstan 14, reconciled the kings to one another and put an end to the battle. When peace had thus been made, the Watling Street was the boundary of each kingdom. Edmund 14 held the part to the south, Olaf 3 kingdom to the north.
Office EMC Coin  1971.9154 (N 706 (Two-Line (H): HT 1)) Eadred 16 held office of King
RecordedNames EMC Coin  1971.9154 (N 706 (Two-Line (H): HT 1)) Oswald 25
Office EMC Coin  1971.9154 (N 706 (Two-Line (H): HT 1)) Oswald 25 held office of Moneyer for Eadred 16
RecordedNames EMC Coin  1971.9154 (N 706 (Two-Line (H): HT 1)) Eadred 16
Office EMC Coin  1985.0049 (N 649 (Two-Line)) Osgar 5 held office of Moneyer for Edward 2
RecordedNames EMC Coin  1985.0049 (N 649 (Two-Line)) Osgar 5
Office EMC Coin  1985.0049 (N 649 (Two-Line)) Edward 2 held office of King
RecordedNames EMC Coin  1985.0049 (N 649 (Two-Line)) Edward 2
Possession GDB  219 (Northamptonshire B:37) William 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: [fiscal data not specified] in Northampton, Northamptonshire (in 1086)
Possession GDB  219 (Northamptonshire B:29) Swein 13 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 21 urban tenements in Northampton, Northamptonshire (in 1086)
Possession GDB  219 (Northamptonshire B:37) Edward 15 Property recorded in Domesday Book: [fiscal data not specified] in Northampton, Northamptonshire (in 1066)
Possession GDB  219 (Northamptonshire B:7) Evesham, St Mary's 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1 urban tenement in Northampton, Northamptonshire (in 1066)
Possession GDB  219 (Northamptonshire B:7) Walter 18 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1 urban tenement in Northampton, Northamptonshire (in 1086)
Possession GDB  219 (Northamptonshire B:7) Evesham, St Mary's 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1 urban tenement in Northampton, Northamptonshire (in 1086)
Possession GDB  219 (Northamptonshire B:6) Coventry, St Mary's 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 4 urban tenements in Northanpton, Northamptonshire (in 1086)
Possession GDB  219 (Northamptonshire B:7) Æthelwig 15 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1 urban tenement in Northampton, Northamptonshire (in 1066)
Possession GDB  219 (Northamptonshire B:6) Coventry, St Mary's 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 4 urban tenements in Northanpton, Northamptonshire (in 1066)
Possession GDB  219 (Northamptonshire B:6) Leofric 23 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 4 urban tenements in Northanpton, Northamptonshire (in 1066)
Possession GDB  219 (Northamptonshire B:5) Ælfsige 100 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1 urban tenement in Northampton, Northamptonshire (in 1086)
Possession GDB  219 (Northamptonshire B:5) Ramsey, St Benedict's 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1 urban tenement in Northampton, Northamptonshire (in 1086)
Possession GDB  219 (Northamptonshire B:5) Ramsey, St Benedict's 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1 urban tenement in Northampton, Northamptonshire (in 1066)
Possession GDB  219 (Northamptonshire B:5) Ælfwine 55 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1 urban tenement in Northampton, Northamptonshire (in 1066)
Possession GDB  219 (Northamptonshire B:4) Peterborough, St Peter's 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 15 urban tenements in Northampton, Northamptonshire (in 1086)
Possession GDB  219 (Northamptonshire B:4) Leofric 23 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 15 urban tenements in Northampton, Northamptonshire (in 1066)
Possession GDB  219 (Northamptonshire B:4) Peterborough, St Peter's 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 15 urban tenements in Northampton, Northamptonshire (in 1066)
Possession GDB  219 (Northamptonshire B:3) Bury, St Edmund's 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1 urban tenement in Northampton, Northamptonshire (in 1086)
Possession GDB  219 (Northamptonshire B:3) Baldwin 5 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1 urban tenement in Northampton, Northamptonshire (in 1086)
Possession GDB  219 (Northamptonshire B:3) Bury, St Edmund's 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1 urban tenement in Northampton, Northamptonshire (in 1066)
Possession GDB  219 (Northamptonshire B:3) Baldwin 5 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1 urban tenement in Northampton, Northamptonshire (in 1066)
Office EMC Coin  1017.0122 (N 649 (Two-Line)) Maginhard 2 held office of Moneyer for Edward 2
RecordedNames EMC Coin  1017.0122 (N 649 (Two-Line)) Maginhard 2
Office EMC Coin  1017.0122 (N 649 (Two-Line)) Edward 2 held office of King
Office EMC Coin  1999.0002 (N 668 (Two-Line (H): HT 1)) Ingalbert 1 held office of Moneyer for Æthelstan 18
RecordedNames EMC Coin  1999.0002 (N 668 (Two-Line (H): HT 1)) Ingalbert 1
Office EMC Coin  1999.0002 (N 668 (Two-Line (H): HT 1)) Æthelstan 18 held office of King
Office EMC Coin  1971.9368 (N 817 (Trefoil Quadrilateral) (Hild. C)) Godric 93 held office of Moneyer for Edward 15
RecordedNames EMC Coin  1971.9368 (N 817 (Trefoil Quadrilateral) (Hild. C)) Godric 93
Office EMC Coin  1971.9368 (N 817 (Trefoil Quadrilateral) (Hild. C)) Edward 15 held office of King
Office EMC Coin  1017.0124 (N 651 (Portrait)) Deorweald 6 held office of Moneyer for Edward 2
RecordedNames EMC Coin  1017.0124 (N 651 (Portrait)) Deorweald 6
Office EMC Coin  1017.0124 (N 651 (Portrait)) Edward 2 held office of King
Office EMC Coin  1017.0121 (N 649 (Two-Line)) Deormod 14 held office of Moneyer for Edward 2
RecordedNames EMC Coin  1017.0121 (N 649 (Two-Line)) Deormod 14
Office EMC Coin  1017.0121 (N 649 (Two-Line)) Edward 2 held office of King
Office EMC Coin  1017.012 (N 649 (Two-Line)) Æthelstan 105 held office of Moneyer for Edward 2
RecordedNames EMC Coin  1017.012 (N 649 (Two-Line)) Æthelstan 105
Office EMC Coin  1017.012 (N 649 (Two-Line)) Edward 2 held office of King
RecordedNames EMC Coin  1971.9153 (N 706 (Two-Line (H): HT 1)) Eadred 16
Office EMC Coin  1971.9153 (N 706 (Two-Line (H): HT 1)) Eadred 16 held office of King
RecordedNames EMC Coin  1971.9153 (N 706 (Two-Line (H): HT 1)) Theodmær 1
Office EMC Coin  1971.9153 (N 706 (Two-Line (H): HT 1)) Theodmær 1 held office of Moneyer for Eadred 16
Office EMC Coin  1971.9105 (N 485 (St Edmund, Halfpenny)) Edmund 6 held office of King
RecordedNames EMC Coin  1971.9098 (N 483 (St Edmund)) Edmund 6
Office EMC Coin  1971.9098 (N 483 (St Edmund)) Edmund 6 held office of King
Office EMC Coin  1971.91 (N 483 (St Edmund)) Edmund 6 held office of King
RecordedNames EMC Coin  1985.005 (N 668 (Two-Line (H): HT 1)) Æthelstan 18
Office EMC Coin  1985.005 (N 668 (Two-Line (H): HT 1)) Æthelstan 18 held office of King
Office EMC Coin  1017.0123 (N 649 (Two-Line)) Edward 2 held office of King
RecordedNames EMC Coin  1017.0123 (N 649 (Two-Line)) Wulfsige 83
Office EMC Coin  1017.0123 (N 649 (Two-Line)) Wulfsige 83 held office of Moneyer for Edward 2