Cwenthryth 1 (Female) Abbess of Winchcombe, Minster-in-Thanet, & Reculver fl. 811-c.827; daughter of King Cenwulf 3 of Mercia
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Factoid List

Recorded Name (3)
Cwoenðryð (1)
 S1436   
Quoenðryð (2)
 S165   
 S1434   
Office (2)
Abbess (2)
 S1434   
 S1436   
Personal Relationship (5)
Cwenthryth 1 Daughter (Consanguineal kinship) of ~ (3)
 of Cenwulf 3: S165   
 of Cenwulf 3: S1436   
 of Cenwulf 3: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  iv.156.3
Cwenthryth 1 Heir (General relationship) of ~ (1)
 of Cenwulf 3: S1446   
Cwenthryth 1 Sister (Consanguineal kinship) of ~ (1)
 of Cynehelm 1: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  iv.156.3
Event (8)
Agreement (1)
 Beornwulf 3.settling dispute between Cwenthryth 1 and Wulfred 6: Wulfred 6, archbishop, summoned Cwenthryth 1, abbess and heir of Cenwulf, king of the Mercians, to Clofesho to demand compensation for the lands and dignity lost to him during her father's reign. Beornwulf 3, king of the Mercians, sought to make a compromise settlement between the two whereby Cwenthryth 1 would surrender 47 manentes Harrow, Middx; Herefrethingland; Wembley, Yeading, Middx..: S1436    (825 x 827)
Blinding (1)
 Cwenthryth 1.murder of Cynehelm 1: At the age of seven Cynehelm 1 had been left by his father Cenwulf 3 to be brought up by his sister Cwenthryth 1. In her greed, she entertained the illusory hope of the throne, and assigned the job of eliminating her little brother to the retainer who looked after him [Anonymous 10084]. He took the innocent child off on the pretence of a hunt, killed him, and hid him in some bushes. A crime so well concealed in England became, by the will of God, public knowledge in Rome through a piece of parchment with the story written out in English, carried by a dove and laid on the altar of St Peter's. After it was interpreted by an Englishman [Anonymous 10085], a letter was sent telling English kings of an English martyr. So in the presence of a great company the child's body was raised up and brought to Winchcombe, accompanied by sonorous chanting of the clerics. The murderess that time was chanting the psalm 'God my praise', going through it backwards to undermine the pleasure of the singers. But then by God's power the witch's eyes were torn out from her hollow sockets. : WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  iv.156.3-4
Charter-witnessing (3)
 S1434 - Wulfred 6 recovering land: Record of the recovery by Archbishop Wulfred 6 of land at Easole, Kent, granted to him by Ealdberht 15, comes, and Selethryth 1, his sister, but fraudulently acquired by Cwenthryth 1, abbess of Minster-in-Thanet.: S1434    (824)
 S1436 - record of dispute between Wulfred 6 and Cenwulf 3 & Cwenthryth 1: Record of a dispute between Archbishop Wulfred 6 and Cenwulf 3, king of the Mercians, and his heir Cwenthryth 1, abbess, concerning the minsters of Reculver and Minster-in-Thanet. At an initial settlement in London (? late 821) Wulfred 6 ceded to King Cenwulf 3 300 hides at Iognes homme (? Eynsham, Oxon.) and 120lbs of money. In subsequent settlements (at Clofesho and Oslafeshlau) Cwenthryth 1 ceded to Wulfred 6 land at Harrow, Middx; Herefrethingland; Wembley, Yeading, Middx; Boc land; and Combe, Kent: S1436    (825)
 S165 - Cenwulf 3 granting land to Beornmod 3: Cenwulf 3, king of the Mercians, to Beornmod 3, bishop; grant of 3 sulungs (aratra) to the south of Rochester (at Borstal), Kent, with appurtenant swine-pastures in the Weald: S165    (811)
Compensation (1)
 Beornwulf 3.settling dispute between Cwenthryth 1 and Wulfred 6: Wulfred 6, archbishop, summoned Cwenthryth 1, abbess and heir of Cenwulf, king of the Mercians, to Clofesho to demand compensation for the lands and dignity lost to him during her father's reign. Beornwulf 3, king of the Mercians, sought to make a compromise settlement between the two whereby Cwenthryth 1 would surrender 47 manentes Harrow, Middx; Herefrethingland; Wembley, Yeading, Middx..: S1436    (825 x 827)
Conspiracy/intent to murder (1)
 Cwenthryth 1.murder of Cynehelm 1: At the age of seven Cynehelm 1 had been left by his father Cenwulf 3 to be brought up by his sister Cwenthryth 1. In her greed, she entertained the illusory hope of the throne, and assigned the job of eliminating her little brother to the retainer who looked after him [Anonymous 10084]. He took the innocent child off on the pretence of a hunt, killed him, and hid him in some bushes. A crime so well concealed in England became, by the will of God, public knowledge in Rome through a piece of parchment with the story written out in English, carried by a dove and laid on the altar of St Peter's. After it was interpreted by an Englishman [Anonymous 10085], a letter was sent telling English kings of an English martyr. So in the presence of a great company the child's body was raised up and brought to Winchcombe, accompanied by sonorous chanting of the clerics. The murderess that time was chanting the psalm 'God my praise', going through it backwards to undermine the pleasure of the singers. But then by God's power the witch's eyes were torn out from her hollow sockets. : WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  iv.156.3-4
Crime (1)
 Cwenthryth 1.murder of Cynehelm 1: At the age of seven Cynehelm 1 had been left by his father Cenwulf 3 to be brought up by his sister Cwenthryth 1. In her greed, she entertained the illusory hope of the throne, and assigned the job of eliminating her little brother to the retainer who looked after him [Anonymous 10084]. He took the innocent child off on the pretence of a hunt, killed him, and hid him in some bushes. A crime so well concealed in England became, by the will of God, public knowledge in Rome through a piece of parchment with the story written out in English, carried by a dove and laid on the altar of St Peter's. After it was interpreted by an Englishman [Anonymous 10085], a letter was sent telling English kings of an English martyr. So in the presence of a great company the child's body was raised up and brought to Winchcombe, accompanied by sonorous chanting of the clerics. The murderess that time was chanting the psalm 'God my praise', going through it backwards to undermine the pleasure of the singers. But then by God's power the witch's eyes were torn out from her hollow sockets. : WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  iv.156.3-4
Disputing/dispute-settling (2)
 Beornwulf 3.settling dispute between Cwenthryth 1 and Wulfred 6: Wulfred 6, archbishop, summoned Cwenthryth 1, abbess and heir of Cenwulf, king of the Mercians, to Clofesho to demand compensation for the lands and dignity lost to him during her father's reign. Beornwulf 3, king of the Mercians, sought to make a compromise settlement between the two whereby Cwenthryth 1 would surrender 47 manentes Harrow, Middx; Herefrethingland; Wembley, Yeading, Middx..: S1436    (825 x 827)
 S1436 - record of dispute between Wulfred 6 and Cenwulf 3 & Cwenthryth 1: Record of a dispute between Archbishop Wulfred 6 and Cenwulf 3, king of the Mercians, and his heir Cwenthryth 1, abbess, concerning the minsters of Reculver and Minster-in-Thanet. At an initial settlement in London (? late 821) Wulfred 6 ceded to King Cenwulf 3 300 hides at Iognes homme (? Eynsham, Oxon.) and 120lbs of money. In subsequent settlements (at Clofesho and Oslafeshlau) Cwenthryth 1 ceded to Wulfred 6 land at Harrow, Middx; Herefrethingland; Wembley, Yeading, Middx; Boc land; and Combe, Kent: S1436    (825)
Exhumation (1)
 Cwenthryth 1.murder of Cynehelm 1: At the age of seven Cynehelm 1 had been left by his father Cenwulf 3 to be brought up by his sister Cwenthryth 1. In her greed, she entertained the illusory hope of the throne, and assigned the job of eliminating her little brother to the retainer who looked after him [Anonymous 10084]. He took the innocent child off on the pretence of a hunt, killed him, and hid him in some bushes. A crime so well concealed in England became, by the will of God, public knowledge in Rome through a piece of parchment with the story written out in English, carried by a dove and laid on the altar of St Peter's. After it was interpreted by an Englishman [Anonymous 10085], a letter was sent telling English kings of an English martyr. So in the presence of a great company the child's body was raised up and brought to Winchcombe, accompanied by sonorous chanting of the clerics. The murderess that time was chanting the psalm 'God my praise', going through it backwards to undermine the pleasure of the singers. But then by God's power the witch's eyes were torn out from her hollow sockets. : WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  iv.156.3-4
Fostering (1)
 Cwenthryth 1.murder of Cynehelm 1: At the age of seven Cynehelm 1 had been left by his father Cenwulf 3 to be brought up by his sister Cwenthryth 1. In her greed, she entertained the illusory hope of the throne, and assigned the job of eliminating her little brother to the retainer who looked after him [Anonymous 10084]. He took the innocent child off on the pretence of a hunt, killed him, and hid him in some bushes. A crime so well concealed in England became, by the will of God, public knowledge in Rome through a piece of parchment with the story written out in English, carried by a dove and laid on the altar of St Peter's. After it was interpreted by an Englishman [Anonymous 10085], a letter was sent telling English kings of an English martyr. So in the presence of a great company the child's body was raised up and brought to Winchcombe, accompanied by sonorous chanting of the clerics. The murderess that time was chanting the psalm 'God my praise', going through it backwards to undermine the pleasure of the singers. But then by God's power the witch's eyes were torn out from her hollow sockets. : WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  iv.156.3-4
Grant and Gift (3)
 Cwenthryth 1.S1436 surrendering land to Wulfred 6: Cwenthryth 1, abbess and daughter of Cenwulf 3, king of the Mercians, to Wulfred 6, archbishop; surrender of land at Harrow, Middx; Herefrethingland; Wembley, Yeading, Middx; Boc land; and 30 manentes at in Combe, Kent. as well as 300 hides at Iognes homme (? Eynsham, Oxon.).: S1436   
 S1434 - Wulfred 6 recovering land: Record of the recovery by Archbishop Wulfred 6 of land at Easole, Kent, granted to him by Ealdberht 15, comes, and Selethryth 1, his sister, but fraudulently acquired by Cwenthryth 1, abbess of Minster-in-Thanet.: S1434    (824)
 S165 - Cenwulf 3 granting land to Beornmod 3: Cenwulf 3, king of the Mercians, to Beornmod 3, bishop; grant of 3 sulungs (aratra) to the south of Rochester (at Borstal), Kent, with appurtenant swine-pastures in the Weald: S165    (811)
Hunting (1)
 Cwenthryth 1.murder of Cynehelm 1: At the age of seven Cynehelm 1 had been left by his father Cenwulf 3 to be brought up by his sister Cwenthryth 1. In her greed, she entertained the illusory hope of the throne, and assigned the job of eliminating her little brother to the retainer who looked after him [Anonymous 10084]. He took the innocent child off on the pretence of a hunt, killed him, and hid him in some bushes. A crime so well concealed in England became, by the will of God, public knowledge in Rome through a piece of parchment with the story written out in English, carried by a dove and laid on the altar of St Peter's. After it was interpreted by an Englishman [Anonymous 10085], a letter was sent telling English kings of an English martyr. So in the presence of a great company the child's body was raised up and brought to Winchcombe, accompanied by sonorous chanting of the clerics. The murderess that time was chanting the psalm 'God my praise', going through it backwards to undermine the pleasure of the singers. But then by God's power the witch's eyes were torn out from her hollow sockets. : WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  iv.156.3-4
Killing/murder (1)
 Cwenthryth 1.murder of Cynehelm 1: At the age of seven Cynehelm 1 had been left by his father Cenwulf 3 to be brought up by his sister Cwenthryth 1. In her greed, she entertained the illusory hope of the throne, and assigned the job of eliminating her little brother to the retainer who looked after him [Anonymous 10084]. He took the innocent child off on the pretence of a hunt, killed him, and hid him in some bushes. A crime so well concealed in England became, by the will of God, public knowledge in Rome through a piece of parchment with the story written out in English, carried by a dove and laid on the altar of St Peter's. After it was interpreted by an Englishman [Anonymous 10085], a letter was sent telling English kings of an English martyr. So in the presence of a great company the child's body was raised up and brought to Winchcombe, accompanied by sonorous chanting of the clerics. The murderess that time was chanting the psalm 'God my praise', going through it backwards to undermine the pleasure of the singers. But then by God's power the witch's eyes were torn out from her hollow sockets. : WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  iv.156.3-4
Martyrdom (1)
 Cwenthryth 1.murder of Cynehelm 1: At the age of seven Cynehelm 1 had been left by his father Cenwulf 3 to be brought up by his sister Cwenthryth 1. In her greed, she entertained the illusory hope of the throne, and assigned the job of eliminating her little brother to the retainer who looked after him [Anonymous 10084]. He took the innocent child off on the pretence of a hunt, killed him, and hid him in some bushes. A crime so well concealed in England became, by the will of God, public knowledge in Rome through a piece of parchment with the story written out in English, carried by a dove and laid on the altar of St Peter's. After it was interpreted by an Englishman [Anonymous 10085], a letter was sent telling English kings of an English martyr. So in the presence of a great company the child's body was raised up and brought to Winchcombe, accompanied by sonorous chanting of the clerics. The murderess that time was chanting the psalm 'God my praise', going through it backwards to undermine the pleasure of the singers. But then by God's power the witch's eyes were torn out from her hollow sockets. : WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  iv.156.3-4
Miracle (1)
 Cwenthryth 1.murder of Cynehelm 1: At the age of seven Cynehelm 1 had been left by his father Cenwulf 3 to be brought up by his sister Cwenthryth 1. In her greed, she entertained the illusory hope of the throne, and assigned the job of eliminating her little brother to the retainer who looked after him [Anonymous 10084]. He took the innocent child off on the pretence of a hunt, killed him, and hid him in some bushes. A crime so well concealed in England became, by the will of God, public knowledge in Rome through a piece of parchment with the story written out in English, carried by a dove and laid on the altar of St Peter's. After it was interpreted by an Englishman [Anonymous 10085], a letter was sent telling English kings of an English martyr. So in the presence of a great company the child's body was raised up and brought to Winchcombe, accompanied by sonorous chanting of the clerics. The murderess that time was chanting the psalm 'God my praise', going through it backwards to undermine the pleasure of the singers. But then by God's power the witch's eyes were torn out from her hollow sockets. : WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  iv.156.3-4
Property-transacting (3)
 Beornwulf 3.settling dispute between Cwenthryth 1 and Wulfred 6: Wulfred 6, archbishop, summoned Cwenthryth 1, abbess and heir of Cenwulf, king of the Mercians, to Clofesho to demand compensation for the lands and dignity lost to him during her father's reign. Beornwulf 3, king of the Mercians, sought to make a compromise settlement between the two whereby Cwenthryth 1 would surrender 47 manentes Harrow, Middx; Herefrethingland; Wembley, Yeading, Middx..: S1436    (825 x 827)
 Cwenthryth 1.S1436 surrendering land to Wulfred 6: Cwenthryth 1, abbess and daughter of Cenwulf 3, king of the Mercians, to Wulfred 6, archbishop; surrender of land at Harrow, Middx; Herefrethingland; Wembley, Yeading, Middx; Boc land; and 30 manentes at in Combe, Kent. as well as 300 hides at Iognes homme (? Eynsham, Oxon.).: S1436   
 S1436 - record of dispute between Wulfred 6 and Cenwulf 3 & Cwenthryth 1: Record of a dispute between Archbishop Wulfred 6 and Cenwulf 3, king of the Mercians, and his heir Cwenthryth 1, abbess, concerning the minsters of Reculver and Minster-in-Thanet. At an initial settlement in London (? late 821) Wulfred 6 ceded to King Cenwulf 3 300 hides at Iognes homme (? Eynsham, Oxon.) and 120lbs of money. In subsequent settlements (at Clofesho and Oslafeshlau) Cwenthryth 1 ceded to Wulfred 6 land at Harrow, Middx; Herefrethingland; Wembley, Yeading, Middx; Boc land; and Combe, Kent: S1436    (825)
Religious practice (1)
 Cwenthryth 1.murder of Cynehelm 1: At the age of seven Cynehelm 1 had been left by his father Cenwulf 3 to be brought up by his sister Cwenthryth 1. In her greed, she entertained the illusory hope of the throne, and assigned the job of eliminating her little brother to the retainer who looked after him [Anonymous 10084]. He took the innocent child off on the pretence of a hunt, killed him, and hid him in some bushes. A crime so well concealed in England became, by the will of God, public knowledge in Rome through a piece of parchment with the story written out in English, carried by a dove and laid on the altar of St Peter's. After it was interpreted by an Englishman [Anonymous 10085], a letter was sent telling English kings of an English martyr. So in the presence of a great company the child's body was raised up and brought to Winchcombe, accompanied by sonorous chanting of the clerics. The murderess that time was chanting the psalm 'God my praise', going through it backwards to undermine the pleasure of the singers. But then by God's power the witch's eyes were torn out from her hollow sockets. : WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  iv.156.3-4
Restoration of land/property (5)
 Beornwulf 3.settling dispute between Cwenthryth 1 and Wulfred 6: Wulfred 6, archbishop, summoned Cwenthryth 1, abbess and heir of Cenwulf, king of the Mercians, to Clofesho to demand compensation for the lands and dignity lost to him during her father's reign. Beornwulf 3, king of the Mercians, sought to make a compromise settlement between the two whereby Cwenthryth 1 would surrender 47 manentes Harrow, Middx; Herefrethingland; Wembley, Yeading, Middx..: S1436    (825 x 827)
 Cwenthryth 1.acquiring land from Wulfred 6 S1434: Cwenthryth 1, abbess of Minster-in-Thanet, from Wulfred 6, archbishop; fraudulent acquisition of 4 aratra at Easole, Kent: S1434    ( x 824)
 S1434 - Wulfred 6 recovering land: Record of the recovery by Archbishop Wulfred 6 of land at Easole, Kent, granted to him by Ealdberht 15, comes, and Selethryth 1, his sister, but fraudulently acquired by Cwenthryth 1, abbess of Minster-in-Thanet.: S1434    (824)
 S1436 - record of dispute between Wulfred 6 and Cenwulf 3 & Cwenthryth 1: Record of a dispute between Archbishop Wulfred 6 and Cenwulf 3, king of the Mercians, and his heir Cwenthryth 1, abbess, concerning the minsters of Reculver and Minster-in-Thanet. At an initial settlement in London (? late 821) Wulfred 6 ceded to King Cenwulf 3 300 hides at Iognes homme (? Eynsham, Oxon.) and 120lbs of money. In subsequent settlements (at Clofesho and Oslafeshlau) Cwenthryth 1 ceded to Wulfred 6 land at Harrow, Middx; Herefrethingland; Wembley, Yeading, Middx; Boc land; and Combe, Kent: S1436    (825)
 Wulfred 6.restoration of land from Cwenthryth 1 S1434: Wulfred 6, archbishop, from Cwenthryth 1, abbess of Minster-in-Thanet; fraudulent acquisition of 4 aratra at Easole, Kent: S1434    (824)
Seizure of land (2)
 Cwenthryth 1.acquiring land from Wulfred 6 S1434: Cwenthryth 1, abbess of Minster-in-Thanet, from Wulfred 6, archbishop; fraudulent acquisition of 4 aratra at Easole, Kent: S1434    ( x 824)
 Wulfred 6.restoration of land from Cwenthryth 1 S1434: Wulfred 6, archbishop, from Cwenthryth 1, abbess of Minster-in-Thanet; fraudulent acquisition of 4 aratra at Easole, Kent: S1434    (824)
Singing/song-composition (1)
 Cwenthryth 1.murder of Cynehelm 1: At the age of seven Cynehelm 1 had been left by his father Cenwulf 3 to be brought up by his sister Cwenthryth 1. In her greed, she entertained the illusory hope of the throne, and assigned the job of eliminating her little brother to the retainer who looked after him [Anonymous 10084]. He took the innocent child off on the pretence of a hunt, killed him, and hid him in some bushes. A crime so well concealed in England became, by the will of God, public knowledge in Rome through a piece of parchment with the story written out in English, carried by a dove and laid on the altar of St Peter's. After it was interpreted by an Englishman [Anonymous 10085], a letter was sent telling English kings of an English martyr. So in the presence of a great company the child's body was raised up and brought to Winchcombe, accompanied by sonorous chanting of the clerics. The murderess that time was chanting the psalm 'God my praise', going through it backwards to undermine the pleasure of the singers. But then by God's power the witch's eyes were torn out from her hollow sockets. : WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  iv.156.3-4