Cyneweard of Laughern
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title:
Cyneweard of Laughern
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Cyneweard of Laughern or simply Cyneweard was a mid-11th century Anglo-Saxon thegn and sheriff in Worcestershire, England. Probably the son of Æthelric Kiu and grand-nephew of Wulfstan Lupus, Archbishop of York (1003–1023), he was one of the leading nobles of the county at the Norman Conquest of England. On the death of Edward the Confessor he held lands in Gloucestershire and Warwickshire as well as Worcestershire. A vassal of the bishops of Worcester, he was sheriff in the county until 1069. H
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Anglo-Saxon thegn and sheriff
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyneweard_of_Laughern
date created:
2009-07-06T04:38:32Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T09:33:12Z
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