Ead(w)ulf of Bamborough and the Earls of Northumberland

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Ead(w)ulf of Bamborough and the Earls of Northumberland

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Tuesday, 16 November, 2004


Hello All,

Following on the discussion of William George Searle's work on
Anglo-Saxon pedigrees in a previous thread, following is the descent
of the Earls of Northumbria (later Northumberland) from Ead(w)ulf of
Bamborough.

This lineage provides an early non-royal Anglo-Saxon ancestry
for a wide-ranging group of descendants, English and Scots. The
descendants of the Earls of Northumbria include all Scots kings
since 1153, the Earls of Winchester (de Quincy), the Nevilles of
Raby, the Earls of Dunbar, even the oft-mentioned Countess Ida [IF
she was of the Tony family of Flamstead].

Any comment, criticism or relevant documentation (supportive or
not) is welcome.

Cheers,

John

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1 Eadwulf of Bamborough
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Death: bef 0926

lord of Bamborough

his son called 'Aldred, son of Eadulf, of Bamburgh' [ASC 926[1]]

cf. Searle pp. 370-1[2]

Children: Ealdred (-ca0930)
Uhtred


1.1 Ealdred of Bamborough
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Death: ca 0930[3],[2],[1]

lord of Bamborough

' Ealdred Ealdulfing ' [ASC 926[4]]

' Ealdred, lord of Bamburgh (913 – ca 930) ' [PASE, cites Ann
Williams, Alfred P. Smyth and D. P. Kirby. A Biographical Dictionary
of Dark Age Britain: England, Scotland and Wales, c. 500-c. 1050
( London: Seaby, 1991), pp. 116-7[3]]

' the sons of Eadulf and all those who dwell in Northumbria ',
Ealdred and his brother Uhtred accepted the overlordship of King
Athelstan, 924:
' 924. In this year, before midsummer, king Eadweard went with his
forces to Nottingham, and commanded the burgh to be built on the
south side of the river, over against the other, and the bridge over
the Trent, between the two burghs: and then he went thence into
Peakland, to Bakewell, and commanded a burgh to be built nigh
thereunto, and manned. And then chose him for father and for lord,
the king of the Scots and the whole nation of the Scots, and
Ragnold and the sons of Eadulf and all those who dwell in
Northumbria, as well English as Danish, and Northmen and others,
and also the king of the Strathclyde Welsh, and all the Strathclyde
Welsh.'
_____________

[similar version]
' 926. This year appeared fiery lights in the northern part of the
firmament; and Sihtric departed; and King Athelstan took to the
kingdom of Northumbria, and governed all the kings that were in this
island: - First, Howel, King of West-Wales; and Constantine, King of
the Scots; and Owen, King of Monmouth; and Aldred, the son of
Eadulf, of Bamburgh [Ealdred Ealdulfing from Bebbanbyrig].'[1]

cf. Searle pp. 370-1[2]

Children: Oswulf


1.1.1 Oswulf of Bamborough
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lord of Bamborough

Earl of Northumbria, 953- ca. 965

cf. Searle pp. 370-1[2]

Children: Waltheof


1.1.1.1 Waltheof of Northumbria
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Occ: Ealdorman of Northumbria

Earl of Northumbria - ca. 994

cf. Searle pp. 370-1[2]

Children: Uhtred (-1016)
Eadulf 'Cudel', Earl of Northumbria 1016-ca1019 [5]


1.1.1.1.1a Uhtred of Northumbria*
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Death: 1016, murdered[1]
Occ: Earl of Northumbria ca. 1006 - 1016

Earl of Northumbria ca. 1006 - 1016
defended Durham against siege by Malcolm II of Scots, 1006;
defeated Malcolm [Hudson p. 112, cites De Obsessione Dunelmi,
SD, i, 215-6[5]]
defeated by Malcolm II of Scots at Carham on the Tweed, 1016[6]

'A.D. 1013. ...before the month of August, came King Sweyne with
his fleet to Sandwich; and very soon went about
East-Anglia into the Humber-mouth, and so upward
along the Trent, until he came to Gainsborough. Then
soon submitted to him Earl Utred, and all the
Northumbrians, and all the people of Lindsey;.'[ASC 112[1]]

submitted to Cnut [Canute], but ' nevertheless slain by the advice
of Alderman Edric, and Thurkytel, the son of Nafan, with
him.' [ASC 15[1] ]

he m. 1stly Ecgthryth,
2ndly Ælfgifu of England

' Uhtred, ealdorman of Northumbria (ealdorman 1007 – 1016; d. 1016) '
[PASE, cites C. R. Hart. The Early Charters of Northern England and
the North Midlands. Studies in Early English History 6. Leicester:
Leicester University Press, 1975, pp. 362-3; Ann Williams, Alfred P.
Smyth and D. P. Kirby. A Biographical Dictionary of Dark Age
Britain: England, Scotland and Wales, c. 500-c. 1050 (London: Seaby,
1991), pp. 230-1[3]]

cf. Searle pp. 370-1[2]

Spouse: Ecgthryth
Father: Aldhun, Bishop of Durham (-1018)

Children: Eldred (-ca1038)


1.1.1.1.1a.1 Eldred of Northumbria
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Death: ca 1038, murdered by Carl Thurbrandsson[3]
Occ: Earl of Northumbria 1019-1038

' Ealdred, ealdorman of Bamburgh (ealdorman ca 1019 – ca 1038) '
[PASE, cites Ann Williams, Alfred P. Smyth and D. P. Kirby. A
Biographical Dictionary of Dark Age Britain: England, Scotland and
Wales, c. 500-c. 1050 ( London: Seaby, 1991), p. 117[3]]

Children: Ælfleda


1.1.1.1.1a.1.1 Ælfleda of Northumbria
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or Aelflaed[7]

evidently, a 2nd (or later) wife

re: her husband Siward:
Earl of Northumbria and Huntingdon[7]

' + Ego Siward dux ' , witness to charter of King Edward to Tofig,
his comes; grant of 2 hides (territoria) at Berghe, 1048.
MSS. Aberystwyth, N.L.W., Peniarth 390, 184v = p. 368 (s. xiii
med.)[8]

supporter of the cause of Prince Malcolm against Macbeth in Scotland,
led campaign ending in battle on 27 July 1054:
' A.D. 1054. ... This year went Earl Siward with a large army
against Scotland, consisting both of marines and
landforces; and engaging with the Scots, he put to
flight the King Macbeth; slew all the best in the land;
and led thence much spoil, such as no man before
obtained. Many fell also on his side, both Danish and
English; even his own son, Osborn, and his sister's
son, Sihward: and many of his house-carls, and also
of the king's, were there slain that day, which was
that of the Seven Sleepers.' [ASC 139[1] ]

' Siward Digera (‘the Strong’) (= Old Danish Sigwarth), earl of Deira
and Northumbria (earl of Deira 1032 x 1033 – 1042, earl of
Northumbria 1042 – 1055; d. 1055) ' [PASE, cites The Dictionary of
National Biography, 59:265-7 [ 20:722-4 ]; The Blackwell
Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England. Ed. Michael Lapidge, John
Blair, Simon Keynes and Donald Scragg (Oxford: Blackwell
Publishers, 1999), p. 466[3]]

Spouse: Siward 'the Dane' of Northumbria
Death: 1055[7]
Marr: ca 1041

Children: Waltheof II (-1076)


1.1.1.1.1a.1.1.1 Waltheof II of Northumberland
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Death: 31 May 1076, St. Gile's Hill, Winchester (executed)[7]
Burial: Crowland, co. York
Occ: Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton 1065-1076

Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton Oct. 1065.
Joined in Danish assault on York, 1069; submitted to William in Jan
1070, restored to his earldom of Northampton, and Huntingdon
(Northumberland in 1072).
Held to have been involved in conspiracy of Ralph de Gael, Earl of
Norfolk, 1075; tried at Winchester; condemned and beheaded on St.
Gile's Hill, Winchester.[7]

Spouse: Judith of Lens
Birth: ca 1054[7],[9]
Father: Lambert of Lens (-1054)
Mother: Adelaide of Normandy, sister of William I of England (-<1090)
Marr: 1070[7]

Children: Matilda (-ca1131), m. 1stly Simon de St. Liz,
2ndly David (King) of Scotland
Alice, m. Ralph (IV) de Tony of Flamstead


1.1.1.1.1b Uhtred of Northumbria* (See above)
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Spouse: Ælfgifu of England [2nd wife]
Father: Æthelræd II 'Unræd', king of England
Mother: Ælflæd

Children: Ealdgyth


1.1.1.1.1b.1 Ealdgyth of Northumbria
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re: her husband Maldred:
'king of Strathclyde (Cumbria)' 1034 - 1045

'The tract De Obsessione Dunelmi notes the marriage between a Maldred
mac Crínán and Aeldgitha, the daughter of Uchtred of Bernicia,..'
[Hudson p. 119[5]]

'According to Symeon of Durham, Maldred was a son of Crínán the thane,
generally identified (probably correctly) as the same man as the
Crínán, abbot of Dunkeld who was father of king Duncan I [SAEC 81,
96]. There is no direct evidence whether or not Bethóc was Maldred's
mother.'[10]

cf. SP III, sub Earls of Dunbar[11]

cf. Barlow, Edward the Confessor[6]
SP III, sub Earls of Dunbar[11]

Spouse: Maldred of Cumbria
Father: Crinan, lay abbot of Dunkeld (-1045)
Mother: Bethoc of Scotland, dau. of Malcolm II, king of Scots

Children: Gospatric (-1075)


1.1.1.1.1b.1.1 Gospatric of Northumbria
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Death: 1075[12]
Occ: earl of Northumbria 1068 - 1072

Earl of March (Dunbar) 1072-1075

lord of Allerdale, Cumbs.

' Gospatrik ', gave writ declaring that Thorfynn mac Thore shall be
free in respect of all things that are Gospatric's in Allerdale,
Cumberland, and that the men dwelling with Thorfynn at Cardew and
Cumdivock shall be free, dated 1041 x 1064. [ MSS. Earl of Lonsdale,
Lowther Castle, muniment room (s. xiii; Liebermann 1903, facing p.
280; Ragg 1917, facing p. 207; PN Cumb., iii, facing p. xxvi)[8] ]

re: his wife:
' she had a brother, Edmund or Eadmund, to whose lands her son
Gospatric obtained a right from King Henry I.' [ SP III:243[11]]

cf. Barlow, Edward the Confessor[6]
SP III, sub Earls of Dunbar[11]

Spouse: NN

Children: Uhtred, lord of Raby, co. Durham
Waltheof (Waldeve), lord of Allerdale, co. Cumbs.
Ethelreda, m. Duncan II, king of Scots
Dolfin
Gospatric (-<1139), Earl of March (Dunbar)
Uhtreda
Gunhilda
Matilda


1. "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle," translated by The Rev. James Ingram,
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1934 (reprint of first edition,
1912), Everyman's Library, No. 624.
2. William George Searle, M.A., "Anglo-Saxon Bishops, Kings and
Nobles," Cambridge: At the University Press, 1899, images
courtesy Foundation for Medieval Genealogy.
3. "Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England," University of Cambridge,
Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic,
http://www.asnc.cam.ac.uk/pase/Level1/L ... el3/E.html
courtesy University of Cambridge PASE project,
http://www.asnc.cam.ac.uk/
4. "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle," Manuscript D: Cotton Tiberius B.iv,
transcription by Tony Jebson, copyright 1996, Tony Jebson
email <ajebson@ross.com>,
http://jebbo.home.texas.net/asc/d/d.nostyle.html
5. Benjamin T. Hudson, "Kings of Celtic Scotland," Westport:
Greenwood Press, 1994, Contributions to the Study of World
History Series.
6. Frank Barlow, "Edward the Confessor," University of California
Press, 1970, [English Monarchs Series], cites King Harald's Saga,
cap. 45-50, re: the career of Jarl Haakon Ivarsson.
7. G. E. Cokayne, "The Complete Peerage," 1910 -
The Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and
the United Kingdom.
8. "Anglo-Saxons.net," website by Sean Miller,
http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=g ... ter&id=744
charter of King Edgar, 966
http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=g ... ter&id=811
charter of King Edgar to his grandmother Eadgifu, 959 x 963.
9. Paul Theroff, "The Counts of Boulogne-sur-Mer," Paul Theroff's
Dynastic Genealogy Tables,
http://worldroots.com/brigitte/theroff/boulogne.txt
10. Stewart Baldwin, "The Henry Project (Ancestors of Henry II),"
sbaldw.home.mindspring.com/hproject/, extracted 13 August 2001.
11. Sir James Balfour Paul, ed., "The Scots Peerage," 1904-1914
12. I. J. Sanders, "English Baronies: A Study of Their Origin and
Descent, 1086-1327," Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1960.


* John P. Ravilious

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