Waltero capellano Edithe Regine.
Anno molxoio Aldredus archiepiscopus Eboracensis, Romam cum Tostio comite profectus
pallium a Nicholao
papa suscepit. Interim Malcolmus rex Scottorum, sui coniurati
fratris Tostii comitatum id est Norhimbriam
ferociter depopulatur, uiolata pace
Cuthberti Sancti1 in Halieilande. Obiit
Nicholaus papa, cui successit
Alexander, cusxlusixus.
Anno molxoiio Wlfstanus Wigornenesis ecclesie uenerabilis monachus Wigornensi ecclesie
prefi
citur episcopus, ⁊ ab Aldredo Ebor’ archiepiscopo consecratur, quia officium
episcopale Stigando interdictum fue
rat a dompno papa.
Anno molxoiiio rex Northwalanorum Grifinus impetumus ⁊ fortitudine comitis
Haroldi ⁊
fratris sui Tostii ferre non ualens, nauem conscendens fugit ⁊ uix
euasit. Unde Walani co
acti, datis obsidibus se se suaque dederunt, regemque suum
Grifinum exlegantes abiecerunt.
Anno molxoiiiio rex Norwalanorum Grifinus a suis interficitur, ⁊ caput eius
caputque nauis impius2
cum ornatura comiti Haroldo mittitur. Que mox ille regi Edwardo detulit. Rex uero
Ed’ terram
regis occisi duobus fratribus suis Bleothgento ⁊ Rithwalano ea
conditione concessit, ut fideles
illi semper existerent, quod ⁊ per sacramentum ⁊
obsidibus datis, confirmauerunt.
Anno molxov Agelwinus
Dunelmensis episcopus ossa beati Oswini regis ⁊ martiris, apud Tinemutham
de
tumulo inscrino magno cum honore leuauit.
ANNO ab
incarnatione Domini molxovio obiit pie memorie Edwardus rex honor ⁊ gloria Anglorum
dum uixit, eorundem ruina dum moritur, postea quam curiam suam in natiuitate
Domini
ut potuit Lund’ tenuerat, ⁊ ecclesiam Sancti Petri Westmon’, quam ipse a
fundamentis construx
erat cum magna gloria dedicari fecerat, in uigilia Epiphanie,
cui post obitum eius successit
Haroldus comi⊗tis Godwini
filius. Rex Noreganorum Haroldus Harphagher frater Sancti
Olaui regis ⁊ ⊗ martiris, ⁊ Tostius comes apud Strinfordebrige,3 occiduntur. Willelmus Bastard
Angliam debellat, ⁊ obtinet, ⁊
ab Aldredo Eboracensi archiepiscopo, apud Westmon’, in regem
consecratur. Visa est
cometa.
Anno molxoviio rex Willelmus Normanniam rediit, ducens secum Dorobernensem
archiepiscopum
Stigandum, clitonem Adgarum, comites Edwinum, ⁊ Morkarum, ⁊
Walteum, ⁊ multos
alios de nobilioribus Anglie. Rediens uero Anglis inportabile
tributum imposuit.
Anno molxoviiio duo pape in Roma facti sunt, id est episcopus Parmensis qui
expul
sus est ⁊ episcopus de Luca qui papa permansit.
Anno molxoixo Comes Rodbertus Cumin, cum dcctis fere uiris apud
Dunelmum a Nor
himbris occiditur. Aldredus archiepiscopus obiit.
Anno molxxo rex Malcolmus Angliam usque
Cliueland uastauit ⁊ tunc clitoni Edga
ro, ⁊ sororibus Margarete ⁊ Christine ubi eas
inuenit regem Anglie fugientes ut in Sco
tiam irent, apud Weremundam4 in reditu pacem suam donauit ⁊
Margaretam postea
sibi inmatrimonium iunxit. Stigandus ab archiepiscopatu
deponitur a legatis Alexandri
pape, ⁊ multe alie persone. Thomas ⁊ Lamfrancus
archiepiscopi consecrantur, Lamfrancus
a suffraganeis Thomas a Lamfrancho.
Anno molxxoio Lamfrancus ⁊ Thomas Romam profecti pallia ab Alexandro
Walter, chaplain of Queen Edith.
In the 1061st year Ealdred, archbishop of York, set out for Rome with
Tostig, and received the pall from Pope Nicholas. Meanwhile Máel Coluim, king of Scots,
ferociously laid waste the earldom—that is, of the Northumbrians—of his sworn brother,
and the peace of St Cuthberht on Holy Isle was violated. Pope Nicholas died; Alexander
succeeded him—the 149th.
In the 1062nd year Wulfstan, a venerable monk of the church of
Worcester, is appointed bishop of the church of Worcester, and is consecrated by
Archbishop Ealdred of York, because episcopal office had been forbidden to Stigand by
the lord pope.
In the 1063rd year Gruffudd, king of the
North Welsh, embarking on a ship, took flight, and only just escaped, unable to
withstand an attack by both the valour of Earl Harold and the sword of his brother
Tostig. As a result the Welsh were constrained, after hostages had been given, and gave
up themselves and their land; and the outlaws abandoned their king, Gruffudd.
In the 1064th year Gruffudd, king of the North Welsh, is
killed by his own people, and his head and the prow of [his]1 ship with its trimming is
sent to Earl Harold. These he soon afterwards delivered to King Eadweard. King Eadweard,
moreover, granted the land of the killed king to his two brothers, Bleddyn and
Rhiwallon, on this condition: that they would clearly be faithful to him always, which
they confirmed both by means of an oath and by giving hostages.
In the 1065th year Æthelwine, bishop of Durham, raised the bones of the
blessed Oswine, king and martyr, at Tynemouth, from the grave into a great reliquary,
with honour.
IN THE 1066th YEAR from the Lord’s
incarnation, King Eadweard of pious memory died on the eve of Epiphany—the honour and
glory of the English when he lived, the ruin of the same people when he dies—after he
had held his court at Christmas in London, as well as he could, and caused to be
dedicated, with great glory, the church of St Peter at Westminster, which he had built
from its foundations; after his death Harold, son of Ea⊗rl Godwine, succeeded
him. Haraldr Harðraði, king of the Norwegians, brother of St Óláfr, king and ⊗
martyr, and Earl Tostig are killed at Stamford Bridge. William Bastard conquers and
occupies England; and he is consecrated king at Westminster by Ealdred, archbishop of
York. A comet was seen.
In the 1067th year King William
returned to Normandy, taking with him Stigand, archbishop of Canterbury, Eadgar the
ætheling, Earls Eadwine, Morcar and Waldef, and many others of the nobles of England.
Returning, however, he laid an unbearable tribute on the English.
In the
1068th year two popes were made in Rome—that is the
bishop of Parma, who was expelled, and the bishop of Lucca, who remained pope.
In
the 1069th year Earl Robert Comines is killed with almost
700 men at Durham by the Northumbrians. Archbishop Ealdred died.
In the 1070th year King Máel Coluim ravaged England as far as Cleveland.
And then, on the way back, he granted his peace to Eadgar the ætheling, and to his
sisters Margaret and Christina at Wearmouth, where he found them fleeing from the king
of England in order to go to Scotland; and afterwards he joined Margaret to himself in
matrimony. Stigand is deposed from his archiepiscopacy by the legates of Pope Alexander,
and many other incumbents.2 Thomas and Lanfranc are consecrated archbishops: Lanfranc by
suffragans, Thomas by Lanfranc.
In the 1071st year
Lanfranc and Thomas set off to Rome, and received palls from