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- Thurbrand (Old English: Þūrbrand; fl. 1010s; died c. 1024), nicknamed "the Hold", was a Northumbrian magnate in the early 11th century. Perhaps based in...
- Ealdred subsequently avenged his father by killing Thurbrand, but Ealdred in turn was killed by Thurbrand's son, Carl. Ealdred's vengeance had to wait until...
- half-brother Ealdred, who was murdered by the son of Thurbrand the Hold in a bloodfeud started when Thurbrand murdered Uhtred. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ****erts...
- in the mid 1020s Ealdred killed Thurbrand in revenge for his father's death. In 1038 Ealdred was murdered by Thurbrand's son. There were several other revenge...
- had many enemies in the north. Amongst them was the family of Thurbrand the Hold; Thurbrand had killed Waltheof's great-grandfather, Uhtred the Bold, starting...
- of independence from the ealdormen. One such example was the magnate Thurbrand, a hold in Yorkshire, probably based in Holderness, whose family were...
- submit himself to Cnut, who seems to have sent a Northumbrian rival, Thurbrand the Hold, to m****acre Uhtred and his retinue. Eiríkr Hákonarson, most...
- bloodfeud. Eadulf's successor, Ealdred, kills Thurbrand and finds himself in conflict with Thurbrand's son, Carl, until they agree to go to Rome together...
- Worcester and Symeon of Durham, both name the agent of Uhtred's death as one Thurbrand the Hold. John of Worcester states that Cnut feared that Eadric would...