Æthelnoth 43 (Male) Archbishop of Canterbury, 1020-1038; previously monk, dean of Christ Church, Canterbury
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Notes: BDDAB, p. 25; CDNB 1:944 DNB 18:25 = 6:889; Harmer, Writs, p. 554; Emma Mason, ‘Æthelnoth (d. 1038)’, ODNB.

Factoid List

Recorded Name (24)

...Aelnotum... (1)

 EncomiumEmmae  3.1

Egelnodus (1)

 ASC (C-F)  1020 F(Lat.)

Egelnoð (1)

 ASC (C-F)  1038 F(Lat.)

Ægelnodus (1)

 ASC (C-F)  1022 F(Lat.)

Ægelnoð (5)

 ASC (C-F)  1020 F(OE)
 ASC (C-F)  1022 F(OE)
 ASC (C-F)  1023 F(OE)
 ASC (C-F)  1038 F(OE)
 S1471   

Ægelnoðus (1)

 ASC (C-F)  1023 F(Lat.)

Æthelnot (1)

 ASC (A)  1038 A

Æðelnod (1)

 ASC (C-F)  1038 E

Æðelnoð (6)

 ASC (C-F)  1020 DE
 ASC (C-F)  1022 E
 ASC (C-F)  1023 DE
 ASC (C-F)  1038 D
 S1465   
 S1466   

Æþelnoð (5)

 ASC (C-F)  1022 CD
 ASC (C-F)  1038 C
 NewMinster.LiberVitae  Fol 15r.5.xxix
 S1389   
 S1464   

Æþelnoþ (1)

 S1386   

Personal Information (2)

moral (2)

 EncomiumEmmae  3.1 (gifted with high courage and wisdom)
 ASC (C-F)  1038 CD (C: good; D: the good)

Office (53)

Archbishop (48)

 EncomiumEmmae  3.1
 ASC (A)  1038 A
 ASC (C-F)  1020 F(OE)
 ASC (C-F)  1022 DEF(OE and Lat.)
 ASC (C-F)  1023 DEF(OE and Lat.)
 ASC (C-F)  1038 CDEF(OE and Lat.)
 NewMinster.LiberVitae  Fol 15r.5.xxix (Archbishop of the people of Canterbury)
 S908    (archbishop of the people of Kent)
 S1495   
 S958    (archbishop of the people of Kent)
 S959    (archbishop of Canterbury)
 S960   
 S961   
 S962    (archbishop of the church of Canterbury)
 S963    (archbishop of the basilica of York)
 S962    (archbishop of the church of Canterbury)
 S964    (archbishop of the church of Canterbury)
 S967    (bishop of the church of Dorchester)
 S968   
 S969    (archbishop of Canterbury)
 S970   
 S971    (archbishop of the church of Canterbury)
 S972   
 S973   
 S974    (archbishop of the church of Canterbury)
 S975    (archbishop of Canterbury)
 S976    (archbishop of the church of Canterbury)
 S977    (archbishop of the church of Canterbury)
 S979    (archbishop of Canterbury)
 S980   
 S981   
 S983   
 S984   
 S986   
 S988   
 S990   
 S992   
 S995    (archbishop of Canterbury)
 S1389    (archbishop of Christ Church)
 S1463    (archbishop of the people of Kent)
 S1464   
 S1465   
 S1466   
 S1390   
 S1221   
 Anon.EpisList4    (archbishop of the city of Canterbury)
 WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  i.21.3
 S1471   

Bishop (3)

 ASC (C-F)  1020 DE
 ASC (C-F)  1022 DE
 S1386   

Dean (1)

 ASC (C-F)  1020 DEF(OE and Lat.) (Dean at Christ Church)

Metropolitan bishop (1)

 Cnut.Proc1027   

Occupation (1)

Monk (1)

 ASC (C-F)  1020 DEF(OE and Lat.)

Personal Relationship (5)

~ Companion (General relationship) of Æthelnoth 43 (2)

 Leofwine 65: of Æthelnoth 43: ASC (C-F)  1022 EF(OE)
 Anonymi 2353: of Æthelnoth 43: ASC (C-F)  1023 D

Æthelnoth 43 Father (Honorific kinship) of ~ (1)

 of Æthelric 50: ASC (C-F)  1038 D

~ Lord (General relationship) of Æthelnoth 43 (1)

 Alfred 54: of Æthelnoth 43: EncomiumEmmae  3.1

~ Successor (General relationship) of Æthelnoth 43 (1)

 Eadsige 12: of Æthelnoth 43: ASC (C-F)  1038 EF(OE and Lat.)

Event (73)

Agreement (3)

 Toki 3-Eadsige 12.agreement S1466: Agreement between Archbishop Eadsige 12 and Toki 3, confirming arrangements made in the time of Archbishop Æthelnoth 43 about land at Halton, Bucks.. Toki 3 sent his two cnihts, Sexa 1 and Leofwine 68 to the archbishop to confirm the initial arrangement.: S1466    (1038 x 1050)
 Various.witnessing agreement between Æthelnoth 43 and Toki 3 S1464: Wulfnoth 20 bequeathed the land at Halton, Bucks. to Æthelflæd 24, wife of Toki 3, for her life with reversion to Canterbury, Christ Church 1. After both Wulfnoth 20 and Æthelflæd 24 had died, Toki 3 went to Archbishop Æthelnoth 43 and asked him to extend the lease for his life. The Archbishop agreed, praising him for his honesty.: S1464    (1020 x 1038)
 Æthelric 76-Esbern 3.agreement with Eadsige 12 and Canterbury, Christ Church concerning: Æthelric 76 and his son, Esbern 3, were to enjoy their estates, Stowting and Milton and the haga in the town [i.e. Canterbury] which Æthelric 76 had himself built, during their lifetimes, in accordance with the arrangements which Archbishop Æthelnoth 43 and Æthelric 76 had made. After the death of them both the estates were to pass to Archbishop Eadsige 12, if he outlived them, or to his successor, unless one of their friends could continue to hold the estates, agreeably to the archbishop, at a fair rent or in accordance with such other arrangements as may be devised at the time with the existing archbishop.: S1471    (1045)

Appointment/consecration/elevation/ordination of archbishop (5)

 Benedict 9.consecration of Æthelnoth 43 as archbishop: [Benedict 9] with great dignity consecrated and blessed [Æthelnoth 43] as archbishop [D: on the nones of October (= 7 October)].: ASC (C-F)  1022 DE (1022)
 Wulfstan 41.consecrating Æthelnoth 43: Archbishop Wulfstan 41 consecrated Æthelnoth 43 archbishop: S1386    (1020)
 Wulfstan 41.writ to Cnut 3 and Emma 2 S1386: Writ of Archbishop Wulfstan 41 informing King Cnut 3 and Queen Emma 2 (Emma) that Æthelnoth 43 has been consecrated to the see of Canterbury: S1386    (1020)
 Æthelnoth 43.consecration as [arch]bishop: Æthelnoth 43 in that same year on the ides of November [= 13 November] was consecrated as bishop [F(OE) has: archbishop] [D adds: for Christ Church] [F(OE and Lat.) adds: by Wulfstan 41].: ASC (C-F)  1020 DEF(OE and Lat.) (1020)
 Æthelnoth 43.consecration of Ælfric 105 [as archbishop of York]: Æthelnoth 43 consecrated [F(OE) has: blessed] him [sc. Ælfric 105] in Canterbury.: ASC (C-F)  1023 F(OE and Lat.) (1023)

Appointment/consecration/elevation/ordination of king (1)

 Harold 5.order to be consecrated king: Harold 5 summoned Æthelnoth 43 and commanded and prayed to be consecrated king and that the royal sceptre should be given to him together with the crown.: EncomiumEmmae  3.1 (1035 x 1036)

Bequeathing/will-making (4)

 S1465 - Eadsige 12 granting lands to Canterbury, Christ Church: King Cnut 3 and Lady Emma 2 granted permission to Eadsige 12, their priest, when he became a monk, to dispose of the estate at Appledore, Kent. He gave it to Canterbury, Christ Church and then leased it back from them for his life and that of Edwin 30 at the cost of 4 pounds and an annual food rent of 3 weys of cheese and 3 binds of eels. He also bought the estate at Warehorne, Kent from Canterbury for his lifetime and that of Edwin 31, and bequeathed to the community the land at Orpington - which he had bought for 14 marks of white silver - and the land at Palster and Wittersham.: S1465    (1032 x 1033)
 Various.witnessing agreement between Æthelnoth 43 and Toki 3 S1464: Wulfnoth 20 bequeathed the land at Halton, Bucks. to Æthelflæd 24, wife of Toki 3, for her life with reversion to Canterbury, Christ Church 1. After both Wulfnoth 20 and Æthelflæd 24 had died, Toki 3 went to Archbishop Æthelnoth 43 and asked him to extend the lease for his life. The Archbishop agreed, praising him for his honesty.: S1464    (1020 x 1038)
 Various.Æthelflæd 23 bequeathing land S1495: Æthelflæd 23 to London, St Paul's minster, London; bequest of land at Laver, Essex, and at Cockhampstead, Herts.: S1495   
 Æthelric 76-Esbern 3.agreement with Eadsige 12 and Canterbury, Christ Church concerning: Æthelric 76 and his son, Esbern 3, were to enjoy their estates, Stowting and Milton and the haga in the town [i.e. Canterbury] which Æthelric 76 had himself built, during their lifetimes, in accordance with the arrangements which Archbishop Æthelnoth 43 and Æthelric 76 had made. After the death of them both the estates were to pass to Archbishop Eadsige 12, if he outlived them, or to his successor, unless one of their friends could continue to hold the estates, agreeably to the archbishop, at a fair rent or in accordance with such other arrangements as may be devised at the time with the existing archbishop.: S1471    (1045)

Burial (1)

 Æthelnoth 43.with others deposition of Ælfheah 44’s body: Æthelnoth 43, Ælfsige 80, Beorhtwine 7 and all those with them (Anonymi 2355) placed Ælfheah 44's body on the north side of Christ's altar.: ASC (C-F)  1023 D (1023)

Charter-witnessing (29)

 S1221 - Healthegen 1 granting land to Canterbury, Christ Church: Healthegen 1 (? Haldane) Scearpa to Canterbury, Christ Church; grant of land at Saltwood, Kent: S1221    (1026)
 S1390 - Æthelnoth 43 leasing land to Ælfwald 61 and Eadred 25: Æthelnoth 43, archbishop, to Ælfwald 61 and Eadred 25, his ministri; lease of 50 agri at St Mary's Abbey, Reculver, to be held at the will of Guichardus 1, dean of St Mary's.: S1390    (1020 x 1038)
 S1463 - Various confirming land of Peterborough 1: Confirmation of liberties granted by King Edgar 11 to Peterborough 1 and of fenland at Whittlesey Mere, Hunts. acquired by Abbot Ælfsige 84 from Thored 8: S1463    (1020 x 1023)
 S1465 - Eadsige 12 granting lands to Canterbury, Christ Church: King Cnut 3 and Lady Emma 2 granted permission to Eadsige 12, their priest, when he became a monk, to dispose of the estate at Appledore, Kent. He gave it to Canterbury, Christ Church and then leased it back from them for his life and that of Edwin 30 at the cost of 4 pounds and an annual food rent of 3 weys of cheese and 3 binds of eels. He also bought the estate at Warehorne, Kent from Canterbury for his lifetime and that of Edwin 31, and bequeathed to the community the land at Orpington - which he had bought for 14 marks of white silver - and the land at Palster and Wittersham.: S1465    (1032 x 1033)
 S908 - Æthelred 32 confirming land of London, St Paul's: King Æthelred 32 confirms the grant by Æthelflæd 22 to London, St Paul's, of 2 hides (mansae) at Laver, Essex, and 4 at Cockhampstead, Herts. (cf. S 1495): S908    (1008 x 1014)
 S958 - Cnut 3 exchanging with to Leofric 40 and Ely 1: King Cnut 3 to Abbot Leofric 40 and Ely 1 Abbey; grant of land at Wood Ditton, Cambs., in exchange for land at Cheveley, Cambs.: S958    (1022)
 S959 - Cnut 3 granting land to Canterbury, Christ Church: King Cnut 3 to Canterbury, Christ Church; grant of the port of Sandwich: S959    (1023)
 S960 - Cnut 3 granting land to Leofwine Bondansunu: King Cnut 3 to Leofwine Bondansunu, minister; confirmation of 7 hides (cassati) at Hannington, Hants., obtained from King Æthelred 32 in return for a weight of gold equivalent to one pound of silver: S960    (1023)
 S961 - Cnut 3 granting land to Orc 1: King Cnut 3 to Orc 1, his minister; grant of 7 hides (mansae) at Portesham (alias Portisham), Dorset: S961    (1024)
 S962 - Cnut 3 granting land to Lyfing 15: King Cnut 3 to Lyfing 15, bishop (of Crediton); grant of 5 hides (cassatae) at Abbots Worthy, Hants.: S962    (1026)
 S963 - Cnut 3 granting land to Æthelric 52: King Cnut 3 to Æthelric 52, minister; grant of a half hide (mansa) at Meavy, Devon: S963    (1031)
 S964 - Cnut 3 granting land to Abingdon 1: King Cnut 3 to Abingdon 1 Abbey; grant of 2 hides (manentes) at Lyford, Berks., and of St Martin's monasteriolum with adjacent prediolum in Oxford: S964    (1032)
 S967 - Cnut 3 granting land to Siweard 7 and Abingdon 1: King Cnut 3 to Siweard 7, abbot, and the brethren of Abingdon 1 Abbey; grant of 3 hides (cassati) at Myton, Warwicks.: S967    (1033)
 S968 - Cnut 3 granting land to Ælfric 105: King Cnut 3 to Ælfric 105, archbishop of York; grant of 43 hides (cassati) at Patrington, Yorks.: S968    (1033)
 S969 - Cnut 3 granting land Bovi 1: King Cnut 3 to Bovi 1, his faithful minister; grant of 7 hides (mansae) at Horton, Dorset: S969    (1033)
 S970 - Cnut 3 granting land to Godwine 51: King Cnut 3 to Godwine 51, dux; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Poolhampton in Overton, Hants.: S970    (1033)
 S971 - Cnut 3 granting land to Hunuwine 1: King Cnut 3 to Hunuwine 1, minister; grant of 1 hide (mansa) at Stoke Canon, Devon: S971    (1031)
 S972 - Cnut 3 granting land to Winchester, Old Minster: King Cnut 3 to Winchester, Old Minster; grant of 3 hides (mansae) at Bishops Hull, Somerset: S972    (1033)
 S973 - Cnut 3 granting land to Abingdon, St Mary’s: King Cnut 3 to Abingdon, St Mary's; grant of 3 hides (manentes) at Myton, Warwicks.: S973    (1034)
 S974 - Cnut 3 granting land to Eadsige 12: King Cnut 3 to Bishop Eadsige 12; grant of a half sulung (aratrum) at Berwick in Lympne, Kent: S974    (1035)
 S975 - Cnut 3 granting land to Sherborne 1: King Cnut 3 to Sherborne 1 Abbey; grant of 16 hides (mansae) at Corscombe, Dorset: S975    (1035)
 S976 - Cnut 3 renewing privileges of Winchester, Old Minster: King Cnut 3 to Winchester, Old Minster; renewal of privileges: S976    (1035)
 S977 - Cnut 3 granting land to Æfic 4: King Cnut 3 to Æfic 4, monk; grant of 5 hides (cassaturae) at Newnham, Northants.: S977    (1021 x 1023)
 S979 - Cnut 3 granting land to Æthelwine 31 and Athelney: King Cnut 3 to Æthelwine 31, abbot, and the brethren of Athelney 1; grant of 2 hides (mansae) less 1 pertica at Seavington, Somerset: S979    (1023 x 1032)
 S980 - Cnut 3 granting land to Bury St Edmunds: King Cnut 3 to Bury St Edmunds Abbey; grant of privileges and of renders of fish from Welle (Upwell and Outwell, Norfolk) and of eels from Lakenheath, Suffolk: S980    (1021 x 1023)
 S981 - Cnut 3 granting land to Canterbury, Christ Church: King Cnut 3 to Canterbury, Christ Church; reversionary grant of land at Folkestone, Kent, after the death of Eadsige 12, the king's priest. : S981    (1016 x 1035)
 S983 - Cnut 3 granting land to Godwine 34: King Cnut 3 to Godwine 34; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Lytlacotan: S983    (1016 x 1035)
 S984 - Cnut 3 granting land to St Benet of Holme: King Cnut 3 to the Abbey of St Benet of Holme; grant of Horning with Ludham and Neatishead, Norfolk: S984    (1020 x 1022)
 S995 - Harthacnut 1 granting privileges to Bury St Edmunds: King Harthacnut 1 to Bury St Edmunds Abbey; grant of privileges: S995    (1038 x 1039)

Church/monastery/minster foundation/dedication/restoration (1)

 Æthelnoth 43.dedicating Bury St Edmunds: On the orders of King Cnut 3, Archbishop Æthelnoth 43 dedicated the church of Bury St Edmunds.: Bates39    (1020 x 1042)

Confirmation of land/privileges (5)

 S1463 - Various confirming land of Peterborough 1: Confirmation of liberties granted by King Edgar 11 to Peterborough 1 and of fenland at Whittlesey Mere, Hunts. acquired by Abbot Ælfsige 84 from Thored 8: S1463    (1020 x 1023)
 S908 - Æthelred 32 confirming land of London, St Paul's: King Æthelred 32 confirms the grant by Æthelflæd 22 to London, St Paul's, of 2 hides (mansae) at Laver, Essex, and 4 at Cockhampstead, Herts. (cf. S 1495): S908    (1008 x 1014)
 S960 - Cnut 3 granting land to Leofwine Bondansunu: King Cnut 3 to Leofwine Bondansunu, minister; confirmation of 7 hides (cassati) at Hannington, Hants., obtained from King Æthelred 32 in return for a weight of gold equivalent to one pound of silver: S960    (1023)
 S976 - Cnut 3 renewing privileges of Winchester, Old Minster: King Cnut 3 to Winchester, Old Minster; renewal of privileges: S976    (1035)
 Toki 3-Eadsige 12.agreement S1466: Agreement between Archbishop Eadsige 12 and Toki 3, confirming arrangements made in the time of Archbishop Æthelnoth 43 about land at Halton, Bucks.. Toki 3 sent his two cnihts, Sexa 1 and Leofwine 68 to the archbishop to confirm the initial arrangement.: S1466    (1038 x 1050)

Correspondence (1)

 Cnut 3.proclamation 1027: Cnut 3, king of all England and Denmark and of Norway and part of Sweden, to Æthelnoth 43 the Metropolitan, and to Ælfric 105, Archbishop of York, and to all the bishops and notables and the whole of the English nation, both nobles and commoners.: Cnut.Proc1027    (1027)

Death/dying (1)

 Æthelnoth 43.death: Æthelnoth 43 departed [EF(OE and Lat) add: on 1 November].: ASC (C-F)  1038 CDEF(OE and Lat.) (1038)

Eating (1)

 Æthelnoth 43.dining with Benedict 9: Afterwards [Æthelnoth 43] dined [D adds: honourably] with the pope himself [sc. Benedict 9].: ASC (C-F)  1022 DEF(OE and Lat.) (1022)

Exhumation (1)

 Cnut 3.permission to Æthelnoth 43 and others to translate Ælfheah 44’s relics: Here Cnut 3 gave permission to various people to disinter St Ælfheah 44 and this was duly done.: ASC (C-F)  1023 D (1023)

Grant and Gift (29)

 Cnut 3.S986 granting rights to Æthelnoth 43: Writ of King Cnut 3 declaring that he has granted to Archbishop Æthelnoth 43 judicial and financial rights over his own men, and over Canterbury, Christ Church 1, and over as many thegns as the king has granted him to have.: S986    (1020)
 Cnut 3.S988 granting land to Æthelnoth 43: Writ of King Cnut 3 declaring that he has granted to Archbishop Æthelnoth 43 all the landed property that Ælfmær 22 had: S988    (1035)
 Cnut 3.declaring grant to Canterbury, St Augustine's S990: Writ of King Cnut 3 declaring that he has given to St Augustine the body of St Mildrith 1 with all her land and with all the 'customs' belonging to her church: S990    (1027 x 1035)
 Cnut 3.declaring grant to Æthelnoth 43 S988: Writ of King Cnut 3 declaring that he has granted to Archbishop Æthelnoth 43 all the landed property that Ælfmær 22 had: S988    (1016 x 1035)
 S1221 - Healthegen 1 granting land to Canterbury, Christ Church: Healthegen 1 (? Haldane) Scearpa to Canterbury, Christ Church; grant of land at Saltwood, Kent: S1221    (1026)
 S1465 - Eadsige 12 granting lands to Canterbury, Christ Church: King Cnut 3 and Lady Emma 2 granted permission to Eadsige 12, their priest, when he became a monk, to dispose of the estate at Appledore, Kent. He gave it to Canterbury, Christ Church and then leased it back from them for his life and that of Edwin 30 at the cost of 4 pounds and an annual food rent of 3 weys of cheese and 3 binds of eels. He also bought the estate at Warehorne, Kent from Canterbury for his lifetime and that of Edwin 31, and bequeathed to the community the land at Orpington - which he had bought for 14 marks of white silver - and the land at Palster and Wittersham.: S1465    (1032 x 1033)
 S958 - Cnut 3 exchanging with to Leofric 40 and Ely 1: King Cnut 3 to Abbot Leofric 40 and Ely 1 Abbey; grant of land at Wood Ditton, Cambs., in exchange for land at Cheveley, Cambs.: S958    (1022)
 S959 - Cnut 3 granting land to Canterbury, Christ Church: King Cnut 3 to Canterbury, Christ Church; grant of the port of Sandwich: S959    (1023)
 S961 - Cnut 3 granting land to Orc 1: King Cnut 3 to Orc 1, his minister; grant of 7 hides (mansae) at Portesham (alias Portisham), Dorset: S961    (1024)
 S962 - Cnut 3 granting land to Lyfing 15: King Cnut 3 to Lyfing 15, bishop (of Crediton); grant of 5 hides (cassatae) at Abbots Worthy, Hants.: S962    (1026)
 S963 - Cnut 3 granting land to Æthelric 52: King Cnut 3 to Æthelric 52, minister; grant of a half hide (mansa) at Meavy, Devon: S963    (1031)
 S964 - Cnut 3 granting land to Abingdon 1: King Cnut 3 to Abingdon 1 Abbey; grant of 2 hides (manentes) at Lyford, Berks., and of St Martin's monasteriolum with adjacent prediolum in Oxford: S964    (1032)
 S967 - Cnut 3 granting land to Siweard 7 and Abingdon 1: King Cnut 3 to Siweard 7, abbot, and the brethren of Abingdon 1 Abbey; grant of 3 hides (cassati) at Myton, Warwicks.: S967    (1033)
 S968 - Cnut 3 granting land to Ælfric 105: King Cnut 3 to Ælfric 105, archbishop of York; grant of 43 hides (cassati) at Patrington, Yorks.: S968    (1033)
 S969 - Cnut 3 granting land Bovi 1: King Cnut 3 to Bovi 1, his faithful minister; grant of 7 hides (mansae) at Horton, Dorset: S969    (1033)
 S970 - Cnut 3 granting land to Godwine 51: King Cnut 3 to Godwine 51, dux; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Poolhampton in Overton, Hants.: S970    (1033)
 S971 - Cnut 3 granting land to Hunuwine 1: King Cnut 3 to Hunuwine 1, minister; grant of 1 hide (mansa) at Stoke Canon, Devon: S971    (1031)
 S972 - Cnut 3 granting land to Winchester, Old Minster: King Cnut 3 to Winchester, Old Minster; grant of 3 hides (mansae) at Bishops Hull, Somerset: S972    (1033)
 S973 - Cnut 3 granting land to Abingdon, St Mary’s: King Cnut 3 to Abingdon, St Mary's; grant of 3 hides (manentes) at Myton, Warwicks.: S973    (1034)
 S974 - Cnut 3 granting land to Eadsige 12: King Cnut 3 to Bishop Eadsige 12; grant of a half sulung (aratrum) at Berwick in Lympne, Kent: S974    (1035)
 S975 - Cnut 3 granting land to Sherborne 1: King Cnut 3 to Sherborne 1 Abbey; grant of 16 hides (mansae) at Corscombe, Dorset: S975    (1035)
 S977 - Cnut 3 granting land to Æfic 4: King Cnut 3 to Æfic 4, monk; grant of 5 hides (cassaturae) at Newnham, Northants.: S977    (1021 x 1023)
 S979 - Cnut 3 granting land to Æthelwine 31 and Athelney: King Cnut 3 to Æthelwine 31, abbot, and the brethren of Athelney 1; grant of 2 hides (mansae) less 1 pertica at Seavington, Somerset: S979    (1023 x 1032)
 S980 - Cnut 3 granting land to Bury St Edmunds: King Cnut 3 to Bury St Edmunds Abbey; grant of privileges and of renders of fish from Welle (Upwell and Outwell, Norfolk) and of eels from Lakenheath, Suffolk: S980    (1021 x 1023)
 S981 - Cnut 3 granting land to Canterbury, Christ Church: King Cnut 3 to Canterbury, Christ Church; reversionary grant of land at Folkestone, Kent, after the death of Eadsige 12, the king's priest. : S981    (1016 x 1035)
 S983 - Cnut 3 granting land to Godwine 34: King Cnut 3 to Godwine 34; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Lytlacotan: S983    (1016 x 1035)
 S984 - Cnut 3 granting land to St Benet of Holme: King Cnut 3 to the Abbey of St Benet of Holme; grant of Horning with Ludham and Neatishead, Norfolk: S984    (1020 x 1022)
 S995 - Harthacnut 1 granting privileges to Bury St Edmunds: King Harthacnut 1 to Bury St Edmunds Abbey; grant of privileges: S995    (1038 x 1039)
 Æthelnoth 43.S1389 granting land to Canterbury, Christ Church 1: Æthelnoth 43, archbishop of Christ Church, to Canterbury, Christ Church 1; grant of land at Godmersham which he had bought from Earl Sired 6 for 72 marks of gold: S1389    (1037)

Journey (2)

 Æthelnoth 43.journey home: D: [Æthelnoth 43] afterwards happily went home to his country; E: [Æthelnoth 43] afterwards went home with a full blessing; F(OE): [Æthelnoth 43] with the blessing of the pope [sc. Benedict 9] returned to his archbishopric.: ASC (C-F)  1022 DEF(OE and Lat.) (1022)
 Æthelnoth 43.journey to Rome: Æthelnoth 43 went to Rome.: ASC (C-F)  1022 CDEF(OE and Lat.) (1022)

Judicial decision/review (1)

 Leofwine 65.exculpation in Rome from charges against him: Leofwine 65 exculpated himself there [sc. in Rome] of charges brought against him.: ASC (C-F)  1022 EF(OE and Lat.) (1022)

Lease (5)

 Canterbury, Christ Church 1.S1464 leasing land to Wulfnoth 20: Archbishop Æthelnoth 43 to Toki 3; lease for life of land at Halton, Bucks. with reversion to Canterbury, Christ Church 1.: S1464    (1020 x 1038)
 S1390 - Æthelnoth 43 leasing land to Ælfwald 61 and Eadred 25: Æthelnoth 43, archbishop, to Ælfwald 61 and Eadred 25, his ministri; lease of 50 agri at St Mary's Abbey, Reculver, to be held at the will of Guichardus 1, dean of St Mary's.: S1390    (1020 x 1038)
 S1465 - Eadsige 12 granting lands to Canterbury, Christ Church: King Cnut 3 and Lady Emma 2 granted permission to Eadsige 12, their priest, when he became a monk, to dispose of the estate at Appledore, Kent. He gave it to Canterbury, Christ Church and then leased it back from them for his life and that of Edwin 30 at the cost of 4 pounds and an annual food rent of 3 weys of cheese and 3 binds of eels. He also bought the estate at Warehorne, Kent from Canterbury for his lifetime and that of Edwin 31, and bequeathed to the community the land at Orpington - which he had bought for 14 marks of white silver - and the land at Palster and Wittersham.: S1465    (1032 x 1033)
 Various.witnessing agreement between Æthelnoth 43 and Toki 3 S1464: Wulfnoth 20 bequeathed the land at Halton, Bucks. to Æthelflæd 24, wife of Toki 3, for her life with reversion to Canterbury, Christ Church 1. After both Wulfnoth 20 and Æthelflæd 24 had died, Toki 3 went to Archbishop Æthelnoth 43 and asked him to extend the lease for his life. The Archbishop agreed, praising him for his honesty.: S1464    (1020 x 1038)
 Æthelnoth 43.S1390 leasing land to Ælfwald 61 and Eadred 25: Æthelnoth 43, archbishop, to Ælfwald 61 and Eadred 25, his ministri; lease of 50 agri at St Mary's Abbey, Reculver, to be held at the will of Guichardus 1, deacon of St Mary's: S1390    (1020 x 1038)

Liturgical celebration (1)

 Æthelnoth 43.celebration of mass: The archbishop immediately sang the mass with that [i.e., clad in the pallium] on the same day [E: as the pope (sc. Benedict 9) directed him].: ASC (C-F)  1022 DEF(OE and Lat.) (1022)

Monastic life, converting to/joining/oblation (1)

 S1465 - Eadsige 12 granting lands to Canterbury, Christ Church: King Cnut 3 and Lady Emma 2 granted permission to Eadsige 12, their priest, when he became a monk, to dispose of the estate at Appledore, Kent. He gave it to Canterbury, Christ Church and then leased it back from them for his life and that of Edwin 30 at the cost of 4 pounds and an annual food rent of 3 weys of cheese and 3 binds of eels. He also bought the estate at Warehorne, Kent from Canterbury for his lifetime and that of Edwin 31, and bequeathed to the community the land at Orpington - which he had bought for 14 marks of white silver - and the land at Palster and Wittersham.: S1465    (1032 x 1033)

Ordering (1)

 Harold 5.order to be consecrated king: Harold 5 summoned Æthelnoth 43 and commanded and prayed to be consecrated king and that the royal sceptre should be given to him together with the crown.: EncomiumEmmae  3.1 (1035 x 1036)

Pallium-despatch/receipt/request (2)

 Benedict 9.placing of pallium on Æthelnoth 43: He [sc. Benedict 9] with his own hands placed the pallium on him [sc. Æthelnoth 43].: ASC (C-F)  1022 DEF(OE and Lat.) (1022)
 Æthelnoth 43.taking of pallium from altar: Æthelnoth 43 took the pallium from the altar of St Peter.: ASC (C-F)  1022 D (1022)

Papal advice/audience/decision/privilege (1)

 Æthelnoth 43.reception by Benedict 9: [Æthelnoth 43] was received there [sc. in Rome] with great honour by Benedict 9.: ASC (C-F)  1022 DEF(OE and Lat.) (1022)

Property-buying/purchasing (5)

 S1465 - Eadsige 12 granting lands to Canterbury, Christ Church: King Cnut 3 and Lady Emma 2 granted permission to Eadsige 12, their priest, when he became a monk, to dispose of the estate at Appledore, Kent. He gave it to Canterbury, Christ Church and then leased it back from them for his life and that of Edwin 30 at the cost of 4 pounds and an annual food rent of 3 weys of cheese and 3 binds of eels. He also bought the estate at Warehorne, Kent from Canterbury for his lifetime and that of Edwin 31, and bequeathed to the community the land at Orpington - which he had bought for 14 marks of white silver - and the land at Palster and Wittersham.: S1465    (1032 x 1033)
 S960 - Cnut 3 granting land to Leofwine Bondansunu: King Cnut 3 to Leofwine Bondansunu, minister; confirmation of 7 hides (cassati) at Hannington, Hants., obtained from King Æthelred 32 in return for a weight of gold equivalent to one pound of silver: S960    (1023)
 Sired 6.S1389 exchanging with Æthelnoth 43: Æthelnoth 43, archbishop of Christ Church, from Earl Sired 6; purchase of land at Godmersham for 72 marks of gold: S1389   
 Æthelnoth 43.S1389 exchanging with Sired 6: Æthelnoth 43, archbishop of Christ Church, from Earl Sired 6; purchase of land at Godmersham for 72 marks of gold: S1389    (1037)
 Æthelnoth 43.S1389 granting land to Canterbury, Christ Church 1: Æthelnoth 43, archbishop of Christ Church, to Canterbury, Christ Church 1; grant of land at Godmersham which he had bought from Earl Sired 6 for 72 marks of gold: S1389    (1037)

Property-exchanging (3)

 S958 - Cnut 3 exchanging with to Leofric 40 and Ely 1: King Cnut 3 to Abbot Leofric 40 and Ely 1 Abbey; grant of land at Wood Ditton, Cambs., in exchange for land at Cheveley, Cambs.: S958    (1022)
 Sired 6.S1389 exchanging with Æthelnoth 43: Æthelnoth 43, archbishop of Christ Church, from Earl Sired 6; purchase of land at Godmersham for 72 marks of gold: S1389   
 Æthelnoth 43.S1389 exchanging with Sired 6: Æthelnoth 43, archbishop of Christ Church, from Earl Sired 6; purchase of land at Godmersham for 72 marks of gold: S1389    (1037)

Relics-collecting/depositing/granting (1)

 Cnut 3.declaring grant to Canterbury, St Augustine's S990: Writ of King Cnut 3 declaring that he has given to St Augustine the body of St Mildrith 1 with all her land and with all the 'customs' belonging to her church: S990    (1027 x 1035)

Relics-incorrupt preservation/placing in reliquary/requesting/translating (6)

 Cnut 3. with others removal of Ælfheah 44’s body across Thames: The king [sc. Cnut 3] with many others carried the holy body [of Ælfheah 44] over the Thames to Southwark in a ship.: ASC (C-F)  1023 D (1023 D)
 Cnut 3.disregard of English saints: Cnut 3, successor of Eadgyth 4's brother Æthelred 32, had little respect for English saints. Despite protests of Æthelnoth 43, who was present, he ordered the opening of Eadgyth 4's grave, at which point she emerged as far as the waist, with her face veiled. The frightened king fell over to the ground.: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  ii.87.7-9
 Cnut 3.permission to Æthelnoth 43 and others to translate Ælfheah 44’s relics: Here Cnut 3 gave permission to various people to disinter St Ælfheah 44 and this was duly done.: ASC (C-F)  1023 D (1023)
 Emma 2-Harthacnut 1.removal of Æthelnoth 43’s body to Canterbury: Æthelnoth 43 with Harthacnut 1 came on the third day and they all bore the holy archbishop [sc. Ælfheah 44] to Canterbury.: ASC (C-F)  1023 D (1023)
 Æthelnoth 43.removal of Ælfheah 44’s body to Rochester: Æthelnoth 43 with his companions (Anonymi 2353) bore him [sc. Ælfheah 44] joyfully to Rochester.: ASC (C-F)  1023 D (1023)
 Æthelnoth 43.removal of Ælfheah 44’s relics from Canterbury to London: [F: In that same year] Æthelnoth 43 bore the relics of Archbishop St Ælfheah 44 from London to Canterbury [F(Lat.) substitutes: to his own see].: ASC (C-F)  1023 EF(OE and Lat.) (1023)

Reporting (1)

 Wulfstan 41.writ to Cnut 3 and Emma 2 S1386: Writ of Archbishop Wulfstan 41 informing King Cnut 3 and Queen Emma 2 (Emma) that Æthelnoth 43 has been consecrated to the see of Canterbury: S1386    (1020)

Royal insignia - entrusting (2)

 Cnut 3.entrusting sceptre and crown to Æthelnoth 43’s custody: Cnut 3 entrusted his crown and sceptre to the custody of Æthelnoth 43.: EncomiumEmmae  3.1
 Harold 5.order to be consecrated king: Harold 5 summoned Æthelnoth 43 and commanded and prayed to be consecrated king and that the royal sceptre should be given to him together with the crown.: EncomiumEmmae  3.1 (1035 x 1036)

Tomb-making/opening (2)

 Cnut 3.disregard of English saints: Cnut 3, successor of Eadgyth 4's brother Æthelred 32, had little respect for English saints. Despite protests of Æthelnoth 43, who was present, he ordered the opening of Eadgyth 4's grave, at which point she emerged as far as the waist, with her face veiled. The frightened king fell over to the ground.: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  ii.87.7-9
 Cnut 3.permission to Æthelnoth 43 and others to translate Ælfheah 44’s relics: Here Cnut 3 gave permission to various people to disinter St Ælfheah 44 and this was duly done.: ASC (C-F)  1023 D (1023)

Writ-issuing/sending (8)

 Cnut 3.S986 granting rights to Æthelnoth 43: Writ of King Cnut 3 declaring that he has granted to Archbishop Æthelnoth 43 judicial and financial rights over his own men, and over Canterbury, Christ Church 1, and over as many thegns as the king has granted him to have.: S986    (1020)
 Cnut 3.S988 granting land to Æthelnoth 43: Writ of King Cnut 3 declaring that he has granted to Archbishop Æthelnoth 43 all the landed property that Ælfmær 22 had: S988    (1035)
 Cnut 3.declaring confirmation of privileges of London, St Paul’s S992: Writ of King Cnut 3 declaring that his priests in London, St Paul's minster shall be entitled to judicial and financial rights as fully and completely in all things as ever they had them in any king's day: S992    (1033 x 1035)
 Cnut 3.declaring confirmation of rights of Æthelnoth 43 S987: Writ of King Cnut 3 declaring that Archbishop Æthelnoth 43 is to continue to discharge the obligations on the lands belonging to the archbishopric at the same rate as he has done hitherto, both before and after the appointment of Æthelric 53 as reeve: S987    (1035)
 Cnut 3.declaring grant of privileges to Æthelnoth 43 S986: Writ of King Cnut 3 declaring that he has granted to Archbishop Æthelnoth 43 judicial and financial rights over his own men, and over Christ Church, and over as many thegns as the king has granted him to have: S986    (1020)
 Cnut 3.declaring grant to Canterbury, St Augustine's S990: Writ of King Cnut 3 declaring that he has given to St Augustine the body of St Mildrith 1 with all her land and with all the 'customs' belonging to her church: S990    (1027 x 1035)
 Cnut 3.declaring grant to Æthelnoth 43 S988: Writ of King Cnut 3 declaring that he has granted to Archbishop Æthelnoth 43 all the landed property that Ælfmær 22 had: S988    (1016 x 1035)
 Wulfstan 41.writ to Cnut 3 and Emma 2 S1386: Writ of Archbishop Wulfstan 41 informing King Cnut 3 and Queen Emma 2 (Emma) that Æthelnoth 43 has been consecrated to the see of Canterbury: S1386    (1020)

Factoids linked indirectly to Æthelnoth 43 (3)

Office (3)

Archbishop of Æthelnoth 43 (1)

 Eadsige 12: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  i.21.3

Minister of Æthelnoth 43 (2)

 Eadred 25: S1390   
 Ælfwald 61: S1390