Edgar the Peaceful Unknown1,2
M, #2052, Deceased, b. 944, d. 977
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| Marriage | Edgar the Peaceful Unknown and Ethelfleda Unknown were married.3,1 |
| Marriage | Edgar the Peaceful Unknown and Aelfthryth Unknown were married.2,1 |
| Residence | He resided See notes.1 |
| User Reference Number | He; 18730 |
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Edgar I the Peaceful or the Peaceable (c. 943 or 944 – July 8, 975) was the younger son of Edmund I of England. His cognomen, 'the Peaceable', was not necessarily a comment on the deeds of his life, for he was a strong leader, shown by the seizure of the Northumbrian and Mercian kingdoms from his older brother, Edwy, in 958. Edgar was held to be king north of the Thames by a conclave of his nobles, and the aspirational ruler set himself to succeed to the English throne. With Edwy's death in October 959, Edgar immediately recalled Dunstan (eventually canonised as St. Dunstan) from exile to have him made Bishop of Worcester (and the Bishop of London after, and finally the Archbishop of Canterbury). The allegation Dunstan at first refused to crown Edgar because of disapproval for his way of life is a discreet reference in popular histories to Edgar's mistress, Wulfthryth (later a nun at Wilton), who bore him a daughter Eadgyth. Dunstan remained Edgar's advisor throughout his reign.
Edgar's reign was a peaceful one, and it is probably fair to say that it saw the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of England at its height. Although the political unity of England was the achievement of his predecessors, it was Edgar who saw to its consolidation. By the end of Edgar's reign there was practically no likelihood of any recession back to its state of rival kingships, and the division of its domains.
The Monastic Reform Movement that restored the Benedictine Rule to England's undisciplined monastic communities saw its height during the time of Dunstan, Aethelwold and Oswald. However, the extent and importance of the movement is still debated amongst academics.
Edgar was crowned at Bath, but not until 973, in an imperial ceremony planned not as the initiation, but as the culmination of his reign (a move that must have taken a great deal of preliminary diplomacy). This service, devised by Dunstan himself and celebrated with a poem in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle forms the basis of the present-day British coronation ceremony. The symbolic coronation was an important step; other kings of Britain came and gave their allegiance to Edgar shortly afterwards at Chester. Six kings in Britain, including the kings of Scotland and of Strathclyde, pledged their faith that they would be the king's liege-men on sea and land. Later chroniclers made the kings into eight, all plying the oars of Edgar's state barge on the River Dee. Such embellishments may not be factual, but the main outlines of the 'submission at Chester' appear true.
Edgar had several children. He died on July 8, 975 at Winchester, and was buried at Glastonbury Abbey. He left two sons, the eldest named Edward, the son of his first wife Ethelfleda (not to be confused with Ethelfleda, Lady of the Mercians), and Ethelred, the youngest, the child of his second wife Ælfthryth. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Edward.
From Edgar’s death to the Norman Conquest there was not a single succession to the throne that was not contested. Although perhaps a simplification, Edgar’s death did seem to be the beginning of the end for Anglo-Saxon England that resulted in three 11th century successful conquests, two Danish and one Norman. |
| His wife Ethelfleda Unknown died. |
| Birth | He was born in 944.1 |
| His father Edmund I the Elder Unknown died on 26 May 946. |
| His son Aethelred II the Unready Unknown was born about 968. |
| Death | Edgar the Peaceful Unknown died in 977, at age ~33.1 |
| His wife Aelfthryth Unknown died in 1000. |
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- [S1016] According to Otto Hirzell
- [S1017] Ancestors of Henry II
- [S1025] Bostock Family History
John English
M, #2053, Deceased, b. 10 July 1867, d. 1876
| Consanguinity | 1st cousin 2 times removed of Adrian John Snelson |
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| User Reference Number | John English; 23865 |
| Birth | He was born on 10 July 1867 in Dungarvan. |
| Death | He died in 1876, at age ~9, in Waterford City. |
| His father Michael English died on 19 August 1917 in Carigeen Lane, Watherford, Ireland. |
| His mother Honora Maria Morrisey died in 1932. |
Lambert II Unknown1,2
M, #2061, Deceased, b. about 1022, d. 1054
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| Residence | Lambert II Unknown resided Lambert II, Count of Lens (d. 1054), was a French nobleman.
He was the son of Eustace I, Count of Bologne and of Maud de Leuven. He married Adelaide of Normandy. Robert was killed at the Battle of Lille.
He had a daughter, Judith of Lens.1 |
| User Reference Number | He; 18605 |
| Birth | He was born about 1022.1 |
| His father Eustace I Unknown died in 1049. |
| Marriage | Lambert II Unknown and Adelaide Unknown were married in 1053.3,1 |
| Death | He died in 1054, at age ~32.2,1 |
| His daughter Judith Unknown was born in 1054 in Lens, Normandy, France. |
| His wife Adelaide Unknown died about 1090. |
Citations
- [S1016] According to Otto Hirzell
- [S1025] Bostock Family History
- [S1017] Ancestors of Henry II
Harold Daniel Benyon
M, #2062, Deceased, b. 1915, d. 1978
| Consanguinity | 2nd cousin 1 time removed of Adrian John Snelson |
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| User Reference Number | Harold Daniel Benyon; 23733 |
| Birth | He was born in 1915. |
| His father Hubert Benyon died in 1965 in Warwickshire. |
| His mother Keziah Roadley died in 1977 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England. |
| Death | Harold Daniel Benyon died in 1978, at age ~63. |
Henry Stanbridge Egerton Snelson1
M, #2063, Deceased, b. 23 April 1910, d. 2 July 1991
| Consanguinity | 2nd cousin 2 times removed of Adrian John Snelson |
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| Occupation | Henry Stanbridge Egerton Snelson was a Secretary York Rural Community Council. |
| Biography | He was the author of "The Story of Rural Community Councils", National Council of Social Service, 1963 and was awarded the Order of the British Empire for "services to the countryside". |
| User Reference Number | He; 4830 |
| Birth | He was born on 23 April 1910 in Manor Park, East Ham, Essex. |
| His mother Alice Martha Abbott died on 16 March 1928. |
| Marriage | Henry Stanbridge Egerton Snelson and Phillis Mary Wright were married before 1947. |
| His wife Phillis Mary Wright died in July 1955. |
| Publicatio | He; 1962; the London Gazette, as Chief Rural Officer, on the National Council of Social Service |
| His father Thomas Edward Snelson died in 1963. |
| Death | Henry Stanbridge Egerton Snelson died on 2 July 1991, at age 81, in Berkhamstead, Herstfordshire. |
| Burial | Henry Stanbridge Egerton's remains were buried on 5 July 1991 in the parish church graveyard, St. Andrew's, Ampthill, [[Principal Role]]
[[Witness Role: Buried]]. |
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- [S676] Letter from Richard James Snelson dated 6 December 1993
John Salusbury1,2
M, #2070, Deceased, b. about 1506, d. 1578
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| Marriage | John Salusbury and Jane Myddleton were married.2,1 |
| User Reference Number | He; 18461 |
| Birth | He was born about 1506 in Lleweni, Denbighshire, Wales.1 |
| His daughter Elizabeth Salusbury was born about 1532 in Boras, Denbigh, Wales. |
| His father Roger Salusbury died in 1550 in Eglwys, Denbigh, Wales. |
| Death | John Salusbury died in 1578, at age ~72, in Whitchurch, Denbigh, Wales.1 |
| His wife Jane Myddleton died in 1588. |
Citations
- [S1016] According to Otto Hirzell
- [S1020] Darrin Lythgoe's Genealogy
