Earnwig 1 (Male) Abbot of Peterborough, d.1042
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ASC (C-F): Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (C-F) 89... (6)

Recorded Name (1)

Arnwi (1)

 ASC (C-F)  1041 E

Personal Information (1)

moral (1)

 ASC (C-F)  1041 E (he was a very good and a very gentle man)

Office (1)

Abbot (1)

 ASC (C-F)  1041 E

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Monk (1)

 ASC (C-F)  1041 E

Event (2)

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

 Earnwig 1.election as abbot: Earnwig 1 was chosen as abbot [of Peterborough] because he was a very good man and very gentle.: ASC (C-F)  1041 E (1042)

Death/dying (1)

 Ælfsige 84.death: Ælfsige 84 passed away.: ASC (C-F)  1041 E (1042)

ASC (C-F) 1042-1087: Anglo-Saxon Chronicles (C-F) 1... (5)

Personal Information (1)

stated health (1)

 ASC (C-F) 1042-1087  E 1052 (in health)

Office (1)

Abbot (1)

 ASC (C-F) 1042-1087  E 1052

Event (3)

Abdication (2)

 Earnwig 1.relinquishing his abbacy: Earnwig 1, abbot of Peterborough, relinquished his abbacy while well and strong, and gave it to the monk Leofric 23 with the permission of the king and the monks.: ASC (C-F) 1042-1087  E 1052 (1052)
 Leofric 23.appointment as abbot of Peterborough: Earnwig 1, abbot of Peterborough, relinquished his abbacy while well and strong, and gave it to the monk Leofric 23 with the permission of the king and the monks. And this Abbot Earnwig 1 survived 8 years and the Abbot Leofric 23 so enriched the monastery that it was called the Golden Borough. Then it grew greatly in land and gold and silver.: ASC (C-F) 1042-1087  E 1052 (1052)

Appointment/consecration/elevation/ordination of abbot (2)

 Earnwig 1.relinquishing his abbacy: Earnwig 1, abbot of Peterborough, relinquished his abbacy while well and strong, and gave it to the monk Leofric 23 with the permission of the king and the monks.: ASC (C-F) 1042-1087  E 1052 (1052)
 Leofric 23.appointment as abbot of Peterborough: Earnwig 1, abbot of Peterborough, relinquished his abbacy while well and strong, and gave it to the monk Leofric 23 with the permission of the king and the monks. And this Abbot Earnwig 1 survived 8 years and the Abbot Leofric 23 so enriched the monastery that it was called the Golden Borough. Then it grew greatly in land and gold and silver.: ASC (C-F) 1042-1087  E 1052 (1052)

Death/dying (1)

 Earnwig 1.death: Abbot Earnwig 1 survived 8 years [after 1052].: ASC (C-F) 1042-1087  E 1052 (1060)