Æthelwig

Æthelwig
Abbot of Evesham
ChurchEvesham Abbey
Term ended16 February
either 1077 or 1078
PredecessorMannig
SuccessorWalter
Orders
Consecration1058
Personal details
Bornc. 1013
Died16 February
either 1077 or 1078

Æthelwig (c. 1013–16 February in either 1077 or 1078) was an Abbot of Evesham before and during the Norman Conquest of England. Born sometime around 1010 or 1015, he was elected abbot in 1058. Known for his legal expertise, he administered estates for Ealdred, the Bishop of Worcester prior to his election as abbot. After his election, he appears to have acted as Ealdred's deputy, and was considered as a possible successor when Ealdred was elected Archbishop of York. Æthelwig worked during his abbacy to recover estates that had been lost to Evesham, as well as acquiring more estates.

After the Norman Conquest, in 1066, Æthelwig was one of the few Englishmen trusted by the new King William the Conqueror, and was given authority over parts of western England. As part of his duties, he was a royal judge and held important prisoners. During the Harrying of the North in 1069–1070, Æthelwig gave aid to refugees from the north of England. He also helped the king in the rebellion of 1075, preventing one of the rebels from joining the others. Æthelwig died on 16 February in either 1077 or 1078, and was memorialised in a work on his life that was later incorporated in the Chronicon Abbatiae de Evesham, a 13th-century history of the abbey and its abbots.

Early life and election as abbot

Æthelwig was probably born about 1010 to 1015,[1] and inherited a large amount of land from his family.[2] He served as an administrator of the estates of Ealdred, the Bishop of Worcester, as well as those of Evesham Abbey. Æthelwig was also known as a legal expert.[3] He was elected abbot in 1058, and was blessed on 23 April 1058,[4] by Ealdred, who was the diocesan bishop for Evesham. He replaced the previous abbot, Mannig, who had become paralysed. One story has it that Ealdred asked King Edward the Confessor to give the abbacy to Æthelwig,[5] another, in the Chronicon de Abbatiae Evesham, a history of Evesham Abbey, states that it was Mannig who asked the king to make the appointment. The Chronicon also states that the blessing took place at Gloucester, and that Ealdred was Archbishop at the time, although Ealdred did not become Archbishop of York until 1060.[6]

During Æthelwig's abbacy, he appears to have acted as the deputy for Ealdred, as bishop of Worcester.[5] In 1062, he was one of the candidates to succeed Ealdred as bishop, when Ealdred was promoted to Archbishop of York, but Wulfstan was chosen instead.[7] Æthelwig also served as a judge for King Edward the Confessor, at one point hearing a case at the royal court along with Wulfstan and Regenbald, the chancellor.[8] The abbot also led military forces in battle,[9] and served King Edward as an advisor.[10]

Æthelwig's relationship with Wulfstan, when Wulfstan was acting as the abbot's diocesan bishop, appears to have been tense, for on the only recorded visitation by Wulfstan to Evesham during Æthelwig's abbacy, Æthelwig was not there.[11] Although in legal matters Wulfstan and Æthelwig were in conflict, personally, Æthelwig is said to have regarded Wulfstan as a father figure, and as the abbot's confessor.[12] The fact that the Evesham's house chronicle appears to have been reworked after 1100 to gloss over embarrassing incidents of the abbots submitting to the bishops of Worcester makes evaluation of Æthelwig's relations with his episcopal superiors more difficult.[13]

During Edward's reign, Æthelwig worked to recover some of the abbey's estates that had been granted to others in the past but had not been returned to the abbey's custody. He managed to restore the abbey's possession of a number of these lost estates.[14] A large section of the description of the abbot's life in the Chronicon is concerned with a listing of estates that Æthelwig acquired or recovered. The estates listed were in the counties of Worcestershire, Warwickshire, and Gloucestershire.[15]

After the Conquest

After the Norman Conquest, Æthelwig was trusted by the new king, William the Conqueror, and given some administrative duties.[16] Æthelwig was one of a very small number of native Englishmen trusted by the king, which group included Ealdred and Wulfstan.[17] Probably in 1069, Æthelwig was given authority in the former lands of the Mercian kingdom.[18] After the deposition of Godric, the abbot of Winchcombe Abbey in 1070, Æthelwig served as his jailor.[19] In 1072, Æthelwig was acting as a royal judge in the western part of England.[20] During the rebellion of 1075, Æthelwig kept Roger de Breteuil, the Earl of Hereford, one of the rebels, from joining up with the other rebels. In this action, Æthelwig was assisted by Wulfstan,[21] as well as the sheriff of Worcestershire, Urse d'Abetot.[22] Æthelwig also took the opportunity after the Norman Conquest to acquire more lands, obtaining 36 estates by redeeming loans.[23] Æthelwig used his knowledge of English law not only on his own account, but to aid the new Norman ecclesiastics, such as Lanfranc, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Serlo, the Abbot of Gloucester.[24] A number of English landowners commended themselves into Æthelwig's care after the Conquest, and this led to conflicts over who owned the lands after Æthelwig's death.[25]

Although Æthelwig was known for his loyalty to King William, he had an uncle who held land at Witton who died fighting for King Harold Godwinson, probably at the Battle of Stamford Bridge.[26] While abbot, even after the Conquest, Æthelwig continued to build and ornament his abbey in the Anglo-Saxon style, not the Norman Romanesque which was being used in many of the other churches and abbeys.[27] Besides his administrative and legal duties, Æthelwig was known for his care for the sick and the poor, as well as lepers. After the Harrying of the North by King William in 1069–1070, Æthelwig offered shelter to refugees from the ravaged areas.[28] The Chronicon states that Æthelwig offered aid to the refugees because of his charitable nature, but it is possible that it was also part of his royal duties in western England.[29]

Æthelwig also administered Winchcombe Abbey for a number of years,[28] at first from 1066 to 1069 when a Norman monk was appointed abbot, and then again from 1075 until Æthelwig's death.[30] Hemming, a medieval monastic writer from Worcester Priory, wrote of Æthelwig that he "surpassed everyone by his intelligence, his shrewdness and his knowledge of worldly law".[31] The Chronicon reports that Æthelwig suffered from gout, and states that it was the cause of his death.[32]

The death of Æthelwig in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (MS D)

Æthelwig died in either 1077 or 1078.[4][33] The Chronicon gives his death date as 16 February 1077,[34] but it is unclear if the Chronicon began its years on 1 January or in March, so the date could be 1077 or 1078.[33]

Writing about Æthelwig

A near-contemporary account of Æthelwig's life, or Vita, is included in the Chronicon Abbatiae de Evesham, the monastic chronicle for Evesham Abbey.[35] This was a 13th-century work by Thomas of Marlborough, which was written to bolster the Evesham's case for exemption from the jurisdiction of the Bishops of Worcester, in whose diocese Evensham was. In order to do this, Thomas incorporated earlier works dealing with Evesham's history, including the work on Æthelwig. However, because of Thomas' purpose in composing the Chronicon, he probably altered some of the texts he included, and it appears that the life of Æthelwig was first incorporated into a complete history of the abbey and then that composit work was adapted by Thomas into his Chronicon. The main evidence for this is internal stylistic evidence, where the Æthelwig material is stylistic uniform with other material dating to prior to 1077, with information after 1077 forming a separate writing style.[36]

The historian R. R. Darlington argued that the Vita was written right after Æthelwig's death, but another historian, David Knowles, wrote that it probably was written about 1110, possibly by the prior of Evesham, Dominic.[35] Antonia Gransden, another historian, agrees with Darlington, and finds it more likely to have been written shortly after Æthelwig's death.[37] The work itself is not a hagiography, in that it doesn't attribute any miracles to Æthelwig, and instead is a mix of charters and narratives. Nor does it give any details on Æthelwig's early life or his selection as abbot. A large portion of the work is a detailed list of lands acquired by Æthelwig for the abbey, and concludes with a short description of the abbot's death.[38]

Citations

  1. ^ Knowles Monastic Order p. 74 footnote 4
  2. ^ Knowles Monastic Order p. 423
  3. ^ Knowles Monastic Order p. 76
  4. ^ a b Knowles, et al. Heads of Religious Houses p. 47
  5. ^ a b Barlow English Church 1000–1066 p. 87 footnote 6
  6. ^ Darlington "Æthelwig, Abbot of Evesham Part I" English Historical Review p. 3
  7. ^ Barlow English Church 1000–1066 p. 92
  8. ^ Barlow English Church 1000–1066 p. 129
  9. ^ Walker Harold p. 80
  10. ^ Knowles Monastic Order p. 407
  11. ^ Barlow English Church 1000–1066 p. 323
  12. ^ Cox "St Oswald" Journal of Ecclesiastical History p. 281
  13. ^ Cox "St Oswald" Journal of Ecclesiastical History pp. 283–284
  14. ^ Barlow Edward the Confessor p. 330
  15. ^ Darlington "Æthelwig, Abbot of Evesham Part I" English Historical Review pp. 6–10
  16. ^ Barlow English Church 1066–1154 p. 57
  17. ^ Bates William the Conqueror p. 156
  18. ^ Williams English and the Norman Conquest p. 24
  19. ^ Stafford Unification and Conquest p. 105
  20. ^ Douglas William the Conqueror p. 306
  21. ^ Douglas William the Conqueror p. 232
  22. ^ Williams English and the Norman Conquest p. 60 footnote 67
  23. ^ Williams English and the Norman Conquest p. 10
  24. ^ Williams English and the Norman Conquest p. 144
  25. ^ Williams English and the Norman Conquest p. 148
  26. ^ Walker Harold p. 158
  27. ^ Knowles Monastic Order p. 120
  28. ^ a b Knowles Monastic Order pp. 162–163
  29. ^ Darlington "Æthelwig, Abbot of Evesham Part II" English Historical Review p. 179
  30. ^ Williams English and the Norman Conquest p. 17 and footnote76
  31. ^ Quoted in Williams English and the Norman Conquest p. 148
  32. ^ Darlington "Æthelwig, Abbot of Evesham Part I" English Historical Review p. 2
  33. ^ a b Knowles, et al. Heads of Religious Houses p. 248
  34. ^ Darlington "Æthelwig, Abbot of Evesham Part I" English Historical Review p. 5
  35. ^ a b Knowles Monastic Order pp. 704–705
  36. ^ Gransden Historical Writing pp. 111–112
  37. ^ Gransden Historical Writing p. 89 and footnote 171
  38. ^ Gransden Historical Writing pp. 89–90

References

  • Barlow, Frank (1970). Edward the Confessor. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-01671-8.
  • Barlow, Frank (1979). The English Church 1000–1066: A History of the Later Anglo-Saxon Church (Second ed.). New York: Longman. ISBN 0-582-49049-9.
  • Barlow, Frank (1979). The English Church 1066–1154: A History of the Anglo-Norman Church. New York: Longman. ISBN 0-582-50236-5.
  • Bates, David (2001). William the Conqueror. Stroud, UK: Tempus. ISBN 0-7524-1980-3.
  • Cox, David (April 2002). "St Oswald of Worcester at Evesham: Cult and Concealment". Journal of Ecclesiastical History. 53 (2): 269–285. doi:10.1017/s0022046901001518.
  • Darlington, R. R. (January 1933). "Æthelwig, Abbot of Evesham, Part I". The English Historical Review. 48 (189): 1–22. doi:10.1093/ehr/XLVIII.CLXXXIX.1.
  • Darlington, R. R. (April 1933). "Æthelwig, Abbot of Evesham, Part II". The English Historical Review. 48 (190): 177–198. doi:10.1093/ehr/XLVIII.CXC.177.
  • Douglas, David C. (1964). William the Conqueror: The Norman Impact Upon England. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. OCLC 399137.
  • Gransden, Antonia (1974). Historical Writing in England c. 550-c. 1307. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-0770-2.
  • Knowles, David (1976). The Monastic Order in England: A History of its Development from the Times of St. Dunstan to the Fourth Lateran Council, 940–1216 (Second reprint ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-05479-6.
  • Knowles, David; London, Vera C. M.; Brooke, Christopher (2001). The Heads of Religious Houses, England and Wales, 940–1216 (Second ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-80452-3.
  • Stafford, Pauline (1989). Unification and Conquest: A Political and Social History of England in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries. London: Edward Arnold. ISBN 0-7131-6532-4.
  • Walker, Ian (2000). Harold the Last Anglo-Saxon King. Gloucestershire, UK: Wrens Park. ISBN 0-905778-46-4.
  • Williams, Ann (2000). The English and the Norman Conquest. Woodbridge, UK: Boydell Press. ISBN 0-85115-708-4.
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