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- Ordwulf (died after 1005) was the son of Ordgar, Ealdorman of Devon (died 971). His sister was Queen Ælfthryth, third wife of King Edgar (born 943, died...
- wholly the foundation of his son Ordwulf in 974; the charter of confirmation was granted in 981 by King Æthelred, Ordwulf's nephew. Ordgar died in 971. According...
- Eadwig was buried at Tavistock Abbey in Devon, a place built by his uncle Ordwulf. House of Wes**** family tree M. K. Lawson, Edmund II, Oxford Online Dictionary...
- s**** and was originally lime-washed so that it stood out on the headland. Ordwulf, who was the owner of vast estates in the West Country and was the uncle...
- power lay in the west of Wes****. Ordgar was buried in Exeter and his son Ordwulf founded, or refounded, Tavistock Abbey. Ælfthryth was first married to...
- Edgar (ruled 959-975). He founded Tavistock Abbey in 961. His son was Ordwulf (died after 1005), who realised the founding. Thorn, Caroline & Frank,...
- Edgar (ruled 959–975). He founded Tavistock Abbey in 961. His son was Ordwulf (died after 1005), who realised the founding. The first Earl of Devon was...
- travelled up the Tamar and then the Tavy river as far as Lydford, and burned Ordwulf's monastery at Tavistock. During the English Civil War, Cornwall was entirely...
- the foundation of his son Ordwulf in 974; in 981 the charter of confirmation was granted by King Æthelred the Unready, Ordwulf's nephew. It was endowed with...
- burning and slaughtering anything they came across, and burned down Ordwulf's monastery at Tavistock, carrying vast amounts of loot back to their ships...