Biography of King Eadwig I of England -959

On 26th May 946 [his father] King Edmund I of England (age 25) was murdered by Leofa, an exiled thief, whilst attending mass at Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire. He was buried at Glastonbury Abbey [Map]. His brother [his uncle] Eadred succeeded I King of England.

On 23rd November 955 [his uncle] King Eadred I of England died. His nephew Eadwig succeeded I King of England.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 955. This year died [his uncle] King Edred, on St. Clement's mass day, at Frome.⁴¹ He reigned nine years and a half; and he rests in the old minster. Then succeeded Edwy, the son of King Edmund, to the government of the West-Saxons; and [his brother] Edgar Atheling (age 12), his brother, succeeded to the government of the Mercians. They were the sons of [his father] King Edmund and of [his mother] St. Elfgiva.

Note 41. So I understand the word. Gibson, from Wheloc, says-"in aetatis vigore;" a fact contradicted by the statement of almost every historian. Names of places seldom occur in old MSS. with capital initials.

On 1st October 959 King Eadwig I of England died. He was buried at Winchester, Hampshire [Map]. His brother [his brother] Edgar (age 16) succeeded I King of England.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 959. This year died King Edwy, on the calends of October; and [his brother] Edgar (age 16) his brother took to the government of the West-Saxons, Mercians, and Northumbrians. He was then sixteen years old. It was in this year he sent after St. Dunstan (age 50), and gave him the bishopric of Worcester; and afterwards the bishopric of London. In his days it prosper'd well; and God him gave, that he dwelt in peace the while that he lived. Whate'er he did, whate'er he plan'd, he earn'd his thrift. He also rear'd God's glory wide, and God's law lov'd, with peace to man, above the kings that went before in man's remembrance. God so him sped, that kings and earls to all his claims submissive bow'd; and to his will without a blow he wielded all as pleased himself. Esteem'd he was both far and wide in distant lands; because he prized the name of God, and God's law traced, God's glory rear'd, both far and wide, on every side. Wisely he sought in council oft his people's good, before his God, before the world. One misdeed he did, too much however, that foreign tastes he loved too much; and heathen modes into this land he brought too fast; outlandish men hither enticed; and to this earth attracted crowds of vicious men. But God him grant, that his good deeds be weightier far than his misdeeds, to his soul's redemption on the judgment-day.