Source: Textual EditionByrhtferth.VitEcgwini

Edition(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp. Giles, J. A. Vita sancti Ecgwini London 1854 349-96

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp. Lapidge, M. Byrhtferth of Ramsey: the Lives of Oswald and Ecgwine Oxford forthcoming

Event/Transaction List

Factoid Type Source Reference Short Description 1 Event Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  Preface Ecgwine 1 built the place which is called Æthomme. 2 Event Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  Preface Ecgwine 1 went to and came back from Rome 3 Event Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  Preface Ecgwine 1 entered the joys of the heavenly kingdom. 4 Event Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  i.8 Anonymi 1479 had Ecgwine 1 baptised. 5 Event Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  i.10 Because of his innate goodness, Ecgwine 1 was elected bishop of Worcester. 6 Event Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  i.10 Æthelred 2 always loved discussions with Ecgwine 1. 7 Event Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  i.11 Ecgwine 1 used to preach to all peoples the severe and the gentle things which are to come, requesting silence with his hands from those who scarcely wished to believe him or to come to the mysteries of mass. 8 Event Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  i.12 Several scoundrels (Anonymi 1481) incited others against Ecgwine 1 and propagated a dire sedition. The king (Æthelred 2), being exceedingly credulous, ordered him to hasten to Rome. 9 Event Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  i.12-13 Following the sedition which propagated against Ecgwine 1, Æthelred 2 ordered him to go to Rome to seek protection from the pope (Anonymous 517), who ordered him to come as quickly as possible. Ecgwine 1 had contemplated to go because he had a desire to visit the shrines of the apostles. 10 Event Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  i.13 After having thrown the key of his iron fetters into the River Avon at a place called Hruddingpol, Ecgwine 1 reached Rome. There he asked his friends to go to the River Tiber and see if they could catch a little fish with a fish-hook. They caught a middling salmon which contained the key that Ecgwine 1 had thrown into the River Avon. 11 Event Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  i.13 The Pope (Anonymous 517) sent for Ecgwine 1. He welcomed him with fatherly affection. On the following day he commanded Ecgwine 1 to say mass in his presence and invited him to a private audience. 12 Event Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  ii.1 Ecgwine 1 returned rejoicing to his native land and gave hymns of thanks to Jesus Christ. He entered into the presence of Æthelred 2, who received him with joy, since he knew for certain that Ecgwine 1 had been accused through the incitement of envy. 13 Event Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  ii.2 Æthelred 2 commended his sons (Anonymi 1483) to the instruction of Ecgwine 1. 14 Event Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  ii.5 Ecgwine 1 was drawn into a trance, in which he saw harsh and hostile things which saddened him immensely. 15 Event Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  ii.8-9 Ecgwine 1 appointed four swineherds and granted them authority over the forest that he divided in four parts. 16 Event Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  ii.11-12 While Eoues 1 was looking for a sow of his which had disappeared for the third time, he saw a virgin standing with two other virgins, singing psalms and holding a very beautiful book. 17 Event Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  ii.12 After having heard from Eoues 1 that he had had a vision of the Virgin Mary, Ecgwine 1 went to the same spot with three companions (Anonymi 1484). He threw himself to the ground in prayer and when he got up, he suddenly saw three virgins, of whom one was taller than the others, having a cross and a book in her hands. 18 Event Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  ii.12 Ecgwine 1 built and consecrated a church in the place where he had had a vision of the Virgin Mary. 19 Event Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  iii.3 Offa 5 and Cenred 2 asked Ecgwine 1 to go with them to Rome. 20 Event Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  iii.4-6 Cenred 2 summoned a council at Alcester. All the leading men and 'duces' (Anonymi 1486) met there. He reported about the outcome of the trip to Rome and the privilege of freedom granted to Evesham. He also ordered the letter to be shown and read out. All the people who were present agreed. 21 Event Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  iii.6 Cenred 2 ordered Wilfrid 2 to take the privilege drawn up by Beorhtwald 6 to Evesham, accompanied by Ecgwine 1. 22 Event Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  iii.6-8 Wilfrid 2 consecrated to the Lord and the Virgin Mary the monastery that Ecgwine 1 had built. 23 Event Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  iv.5 Ecgwine 1 asked Anonymi 1487 to seek to keep God's commandments. 24 Event Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  iv.5 Ecgwine 1 died after having taken the uiaticum. 25 Event Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  iv.6 The body of Ecgwine 1 was taken to the monastery he had built. It was kept with great veneration and funeral chanting until such time as Requiem Mass could be sung for him according to monastic custom. His obsequies were in no way similar to a funeral, but were a sort of celebration. His body was placed in that spot which he had previously chosen. 26 Event Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  iv.7 Anonymous 522 was visiting many regions because of his sins. He had been bound with nine iron bands. 27 Event Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  iv.8-9 Anonymous 522 heard a voice in his sleep saying that his iron band would not be released until he came to the place called Æthomme, where Ecgwine 1 lied buried. 28 Event Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  iv.8 Anonymous 522 quickly hastened to England, in order to reach Evesham. 29 Event Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  iv.8 When Anonymous 522 reached Evesham, he began to implore the Lord to have mercy on him through the merits of Ecgwine 1. While standing in the church and after the reading of the Gospel and the chanting of the 'Agnus Dei, the iron band burst from Anonymous 522's body and sprang away from him, thanks to Ecgwine 1's post-mortem intervention. After interrogating Anonymous 522, Anonymi 1488 made the bells ring out in unison and many people hastened to the church. 30 Event Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  iv.9 When dawn was breaking the prior of Evesham monastery (Anonymous 524) began to address his fellow monks about the lack of fish for their day of celebrations. At that point someone arrived and said that he had seen an enormous seal. The monks (Anonymi 1490) ran to the bank of the River Avon and captured the fish. A good many meals were provided from it. 31 Event Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  iv.10 Anonymous 525 claimed for himself a certain part of the land belonging to the monastery of Evesham. The prior (Wigred 1) appointed a day on which either he or Anonymous 525 should claim the land for himself by means of an oath. After praying in the church, Wigred 1 took the holy relics of Ecgwine 1 and asked for his assistance. Then, Wigred 1 and his companions (Anonymi 1492) went to the river, crossed it quickly and came to the place chosen for the confrontation. The relics were placed in the middle of the field and Wigred 1 ordered Anonymous 525 to take an oath upon them. When Anonymous 525 tried to fix in the ground the shaft of the scythe he was carrying, he did it so strongly that with the one blow he cut off his own head and neck. 32 Event Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  iv.11 It was Edgar 11's greatest concern that he restored all the ruined monasteries, expelling through his royal authority secular clerics, by loving God's servants who strove to preserve the decrees of St Benedict. 33 Event Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  iv.11 Edgar 11 subjected to his authority all kingdoms of peoples whom the ocean surrounds and conquered the kings of the Scots and Welsh. 34 Event Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  iv.11 The church of Evesham collapsed and crushed everything which was contained within it (including crosses, candelabra, lamps, chalices, altar-horns and vestments). As the monks (Anonymi 1493) were clearing the site, they discovered that the reliquary, which contained Ecgwine 1's relics, was unscathed. 35 Transaction Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  ii.7 A place called Evesham (also known as Æthomme). 36 Transaction Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  iii.1 Monastery at Stratford 37 Transaction Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  iii.2 8 hides of land 38 Transaction Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  iii.2 8 hides of land 39 Transaction Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  iii.1 estate and monastery at Fladbury 40 Transaction Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  iii.2 84 hides in the vicinity of Æthomme, on both sides of the river Avon. 41 Transaction Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  ii.9 a herd of pigs 42 Transaction Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  ii.9 a herd of pigs 43 Transaction Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  ii.9 a herd of pigs 44 Transaction Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  ii.9 a herd of pigs 45 Transaction Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  iii.1 monastery and land at Fladbury 46 Transaction Byrhtferth.VitEcgwini  iii.1 20 hides in the place called Twyford