Baldred (Wessex)

Baldred (also Balddrede, Baldredus, Balred, Baltred ; fl. 681-693) was a sub-king in the north of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex in the late 7th century .

Life

Baldred is only known from documents , besides being mentioned in the Epistulae (letters) of Aldhelm . He was from the Wessex house .

In 675 a baldred signed a charter from Osric (Hwicce) . Baldred's relative Centwine (676-685) ascended the throne in 676 as the successor to Æscwine (674-676). According to Beda, who did not mention Centwine by name, the reunification of the kingdom, which had fallen into sub-kingdoms, fell during Centwine's reign. The banishment of his successor Caedwalla should also be seen in this context . Baldred still seems to have ruled as a subregulus (under king) in north Somerset and Wiltshire in a clearly subordinate position, while Cissa (fl.? -699?) "At the time of Centwines" ruled as regulus ( minor king ) in Wiltshire and parts of Berkshire should. A 10th century copy was preserved by Baldred's land donation from 681 to Abbot Hæmgils of Glastonbury Abbey and the Church of Our Lady and St Patrick in Glastonbury. In 688, Baldred and Abbot Aldhelm of Malmesbury exchanged lands north of the River Avon . Baldred ceded Stercanlei (Startley Farm in Great Somerford, Wilts.) And areas at Cnebbanburg against an area at Braydon, Wilts.

A fake Charter Cuthreds (740-756) confirms the Land transfer previous kings of Glastonbury Abbey. Baldred's name is mentioned between Centwine and Caedwalla (685-688). At the beginning of the reign of King Ine (688–726), Baldred is again occupied in Somerset and Wiltshire. A charter from 693, co-signed by Baldred, certifies a donation of land from King Ines to Hæmgils, the abbot of Glastonbury Abbey. Around 700 the West Saxon sub-kingdom disappeared from the sources. A forged charter in Ines dated 725 confirms a land transfer of baldreds to Glastonbury Abbey.

swell

• Aldhelm von Sherborne : Epistulae (letters)

literature

• Barbara Yorke : Kings and Kingdoms of early Anglo-Saxon England . Routledge, London-New York 2002, ISBN 978-0-415-16639-3 . PDF (6.2 MB)
• Barbara Yorke: Wessex in the early Middle Ages (Studies in the Early History of Britain) , Continuum, 1995, ISBN 978-0718518561 .
• Susan E. Kelly: Charters of Malmesbury Abbey , Oxford University Press, 2006, ISBN 978-0197263174 .
• Lesley Abrams: Anglo-Saxon Glastonbury: Church and Endowment , Boydell, 1996, ISBN 978-0851153698 .

Web links

• Baldred 1 in Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England (PASE)

Remarks

1. ↑ Baldred 1  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England (PASE)  
2. ^ ^{A b c d} Barbara Yorke: Kings and Kingdoms of early Anglo-Saxon England . Routledge, London-New York 2002, ISBN 978-0-415-16639-3 , pp. 143-144.
3. ↑ Charter S51
4. ↑ Simon Keynes: Kings of the West Saxons . In: Lapidge et al. (Ed.): The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England . Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford et al. a. 2001, ISBN 978-0-631-22492-1 , pp. 511-514.
5. ↑ Barbara Yorke: Centwine  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   (paid registration required). In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004. Retrieved November 13, 2011
6. ↑ Barbara Yorke: Wessex in the early Middle Ages (Studies in the Early History of Britain) , Continuum, 1995, ISBN 978-0-7185-1856-1 , p. 83.
7. ↑ John Hudson (Ed.): Historia Ecclesie Abbendonensis. The History of the Church of Abingdon, Volume I , Oxford University Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-929937-9 , pp. LXXXV; Cissa 1  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England (PASE)  
8. ^ Lesley Abrams: Anglo-Saxon Glastonbury: Church and Endowment , Boydell, 1996, ISBN 978-0-85115-369-8 , pp. 10 and 126 .; see: Charter S236
9. ↑ Susan E. Kelly: Charters of Malmesbury Abbey , Oxford University Press, 2006, ISBN 978-0-19-726317-4 , p. 96; see: Charter S1170
10. ↑ Charter S257
11. ↑ Charter S238
12. ^ Lesley Abrams: Anglo-Saxon Glastonbury: Church and Endowment , Boydell, 1996, ISBN 978-0-85115-369-8 , pp. 128 and 153 .; see: Charter S250

predecessor	Office	successor
Æscwine	Sub-king of Wessex at the time of Centwines , Caedwallas and Ines fl. 681–693 with Cissa (fl.? –699?) And Cenred (fl. Around 670 / 676–705 / 717) as further sub-kings	Caedwalla