AthelingHereward
A dispossessed thegn. 1035 to Not recorded.
What is known, and how well
| Fact | Value | Certainty |
|---|---|---|
| Birth | 1035 | Year |
| Death | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Parents | Not recorded | |
| House | Lincolnshire thegns | |
| Realm | England | |
| How sure we are | Medium | Of this record as a whole |
In brief
Recorded raiding Peterborough with a Danish fleet in 1070 and holding the Isle of Ely in 1071. His origins and end are uncertain; later legend calls him ‘the Wake’.
Events
- The Isle of Ely falls
Hereward and Morcar are the last to hold out; Morcar surrenders and Hereward escapes.
With Hereward, Morcar, Eadwine, William
What is uncertain
- Death is not recorded.
- Parentage is not recorded here.
- The record as a whole is rated medium confidence.
Related people
Sources
Where this is recorded
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Avalon Project)
- The Chronicle of Florence of Worcester, trans. Thomas Forester
Reference works
- Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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