Gospatric fitz Uhtred

• Preferred Name: Gospatric fitz Uhtred^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: 1065 in England with note: There are conflicting accounts because there were two Gospatrics at this time and they were cousins. The other Gospatric (9CW5-VJ1) was a son of Aelgifu's Daughter, Ealdgyth of Bamburgh, and fled to Scotland to escape the Conqueror and became the the first Earl of Dunbar.
  
• Birth: 1000 in Kirkham, Lancashire, England at LATI: N3.797 LONG: E2.8892
  
• FSID: GK3L-RMN
  
• Murder+of+Gospatrick+at+the+King's+Court: 1065 in Kirkham, Lancashire, England at LATI: N3.797 LONG: E2.8892 with note: Description: ↑ "Soon after the feast of St. Michael, the archangel, on Monday, the fifth of the nones [the 3rd] of October, the Northumbrian thanes, Gamelbearn, Buustan, son of Athelneth, and Glonicorn, son of Heardulf, entered York with Bletlijn and Rhywallon, princes of North Wales with two hundred soldiers, to revenge the execrable murder of the noble Northumbrian thane, Cospatric, who was treacherously killed by order of queen Edgitha at the king's court on the fourth night of Christmas, for the sake of her brother Tosti as also the murder of the thanes Gamel, the son of Orm, and Ulf, the son of Dolfin, whom earl Tosti had perfidiously caused to be assassinated in his own chamber at York, the year before, although there was peace between them." quoted from Florence of Worcester (died 1118) The chronicle of Florence of Worcester trans. from Latin by Thomas Forester 1655 All vital information and relationships match. ID numbers: GMY1-5HW and LZXG-KJ1.
  
• Murdered+by+the+Queen: with note: Description: Gospatric, third son of Uchtred, Earl of Northumberland, was treacherously killed by order of queen Eadgith (Edith), at the King's Court (Edward the Confessor), on the fourth of Christmas 1065, for her brother Tostig (Godwinson) sake.
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Gospatrick FitzUchtred was the son of Uchtred of Bamburgh, (also called Uhtred the Bold), Earl of York & Northumberland, and his 2nd wife Sige, daughter of Styr of York. Gospatrick's exact date of birth is not known, however, Uchtred and Sige were married about 1004 and divorced about 1006, during that time they had 2 sons: Eadulf and Gospatrick. A condition of Uchtred's marriage to Sige was that he kill Thurbrand the Hold, after 2 years Thurbrand was still alive, therefor Uchtred and Sige separated. In addition to his older brother, Gospatrick also had several 1/2 siblings from his father's other marriages: older brother Ealdred and younger sister Ealdqyth.
  Gospatrick is believed to be the progenitor of the Swinton Family dynasty. Eadulf Rus who famously murdered William Walcher, Bishop of Durham, was either Gospatrick's son or grandson.
  
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  3. GOSPATRICK . Simeon of Durham names "Aldred, Eadulf and Cospatric" as the three sons of "Uchtred", stating that "the third…did not attain the rank of the earldom" but that he had "a son…Uchtred whose son was Eadulf surnamed Rus who afterwards appeared as the leader of those who murdered bishop Walcher"[458]. He is named as son of Uhtred by Roger of Hoveden, third of the three sons he lists, specifying that he ruled in no county[459]. m ---. The name of Gospatrick's wife is not known. Gospatrick & his wife had one child:
  
  a) UHTRED . Simeon of Durham names "Aldred, Eadulf and Cospatric" as the three sons of "Uchtred", stating that "the third…did not attain the rank of the earldom" but that he had "a son…Uchtred…"[460]. m ---. The name of Uhtred's wife is not known. Uhtred & his wife had one child:
  
  i) EADWULF (-murdered ----, bur Jedburgh). Simeon of Durham names "Aldred, Eadulf and Cospatric" as the three sons of "Uchtred", stating that "the third…did not attain the rank of the earldom" but that he had "a son…Uchtred whose son was Eadulf surnamed Rus who afterwards appeared as the leader of those who murdered bishop Walcher" and was himself killed "by a woman and was buried in the church of Geddewerde" [Jedburgh][461].
  
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  Source: Garland Elizabeth Corse DeCourc ===
  
  Source: Garland Elizabeth Corse DeCourcy's database http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=gdecourcy
  
  === Married ===
  Married
  
  === L Sorley: The Sorley Pedigrees pp 19,25 ===
  L Sorley: The Sorley Pedigrees pp 19,25
  
  === !married ===
  !married
  
  === SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 S ===
  SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.19, 25; THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.122;

1. Uchtred Fitz Gospatrick, b. in Bamburgh, Northumberland, England     d. 1090 in Kirkham, Lancashire, England

1. Title: Uhtred the Bold From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uhtred_the_Bold#Career;
   Note: In 1006 Malcolm II of Scotland invaded Northumbria and besieged the newly founded episcopal city of Durham. At that time the Danes were raiding southern England and King Ethelred was unable to send help to the Northumbrians. Ealdorman Waltheof was too old to fight and remained in his castle at Bamburgh. Ealdorman Ælfhelm of York also took no action. Uhtred, acting for his father, called together an army from Bernicia and Yorkshire and led it against the Scots. The result was a decisive victory for Uhtred. Local women washed the severed heads of the Scots, receiving a payment of a cow for each, and the heads were fixed on stakes to Durham's walls. Uhtred was rewarded by King Ethelred II with the ealdormanry of Bamburgh even though his father was still alive. In the meantime, Ethelred had Ealdorman Ælfhelm of York murdered, and he allowed Uhtred to succeed Ælfhelm as ealdorman of York, thus uniting northern and southern Northumbria under the house of Bamburgh. It seems likely that Ethelred did not trust the Scandinavian population of southern Northumbria and wanted an Anglo-Saxon in power there. [2] After receiving these honours Uhtred dismissed his wife, Ecgfrida, and married Sige, daughter of Styr, son of Ulf. Styr was a rich citizen of York. It appears that Uhtred was trying to make political allies amongst the Danes in Deira. Through Sige, Uhtred had two children, Eadulf, later Eadulf III, and Gospatric. This Gospatric's grandson was the infamous Eadwulf Rus who murdered Bishop Walcher.[2]
   
2. Title: Gospatrick de Singleton, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CVDW-4BMM : 6 August 2020), Gospatrick de Singleton, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 205367318, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CVDW-4BMM;
   
3. Title: Wikiwand: Eadulf Rus. Wikiwand is not a primary reference. Please do not cite. Use only primary references
   Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Eadulf_Rus;
   Note: Eadulf Rus (fl. 1080) was an 11th-century Northumbrian noble. He was either the son or grandson of Gospatric (son of Uhtred the Bold), possibly the man who soon after Christmas 1064 was allegedly killed on behalf of Tostig, Earl of Northumbria. This murder by Tostig led to a great northern revolt against Edward the Confessor, a revolt that turned both King Edward and Harold Godwinson against Tostig and led to the appointment of the Mercian, Morcar, as Earl of northern England. Eadulf is primarily remembered for his involvement in the death of Walcher, Earl of Northumbria and Bishop of Durham. The sources says that the attack occurred as revenge for the murder of Walcher's English right-hand man, Ligulf. Ligulf had been connected into the Bamburgh kindred marrying, according to the Historia Regum, Ealdgyth daughter of Ealdred, Earl of Bamburgh. The Worcester Chronicle and the Historia Regum allege that the murder of Ligulf was planned by Walcher's chaplain Leobwin after Ligulf had argued with him during one of the earl's councils. It was Walcher's kinsman Gilbert, however, who is alleged to have entered Ligulf's hall, and attacked and killed him. Kapelle thought that, perhaps due to his failure to protect Northumberland against the Scots in 1079, Walcher's relations with Ligulf broke down, leading to the loss of Ligulf's support and then to hostility. On 14 May 1080 a party of Northumbrian natives attacked that bishop-earl and his household at Gateshead, across the river from the future site of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, having arrived to hold discussions. The discussions were fruitless and Walcher, who was protected with 100 knights, retired to the church there. The Northumbrians set the church on fire, after Leobwin refused to surrender himself. Walcher was forced out and stabbed with swords. Leobwin was burned to death. De primo Saxonum adventu says that the leader was Eadulf, son of Gospatric; the Historia Regum also names, Eadulf cognomento Rus as the killer, but claims he was a grandson of Gospatric through another Uhtred. The Libellus de exordio says that killer was a man named Waltheof, though this Waltheof may have been Eadulf's brother. According to the Historia Regum Eadulf was killed soon after the death of Walcher, slain by a woman. His body was buried in the church at Jedburgh (now Scottish Borders), until Prior Turgot of Durham Cathedral had it removed a few years later. Eadulf may have had a brother named Dolfin in addition to a brother named Waltheof.
   
4. Title: Find A Grave
   Author: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 June 2018), memorial page for Gospatric of Northumbria (1040–15 Dec 1074), Find A Grave Memorial no. 94763780, citing St Cuthbert Churchyard, Norham, Northumberland Unitary Authority, Northumberland, England ; Maintained by Kat (contributor 47496397) .
   Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94763780;
   
5. Title: Gospatrick de Singleton
   Author: find a Grave
   Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205367318/gospatrick-de-singleton;
   Note: Cemetary Records with biography
   Page: biography
   
6. Title: Gospatric mentioned in record of Edith of Wessex From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_of_Wessex#Marriage_and_life_as_queen;
   Note: She [Queen Edith, daughter of Godwin] was close to her brother Tostig, and in 1055 she and Harold secured his appointment as Earl of Northumbria. His rule was unpopular, and in 1064 Edith was accused at court of engineering the murder of the Northumbrian noble Gospatrick in Tostig's interest. In 1065 Tostig was probably hunting with King Edward when the northerners rebelled and elected Morcar, Harold's brother-in-law, as earl. Tostig charged Harold with conspiring with the rebels, a charge which Harold purged himself of with a public oath. Edward demanded that the rebels be suppressed, but to his and Edith's fury Harold and the English thegns refused to enforce the order. Morcar was confirmed as earl and Tostig forced into exile.
   Page: Identifies Gospatrick was murdered 1064, at the instigation of Queen Edith of England to benefit her brother Tostig Godwinson
   
7. Title: GOSPATRIC son of Uhtred Earl of Northumbria- Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
   Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLAND,%20AngloSaxon%20nobility.htm#_ftnref457;
   Note: 3. GOSPATRICK . Simeon of Durham names "Aldred, Eadulf and Cospatric" as the three sons of "Uchtred", stating that "the third…did not attain the rank of the earldom" but that he had "a son…Uchtred whose son was Eadulf surnamed Rus who afterwards appeared as the leader of those who murdered bishop Walcher"[458]. He is named as son of Uhtred by Roger of Hoveden, third of the three sons he lists, specifying that he ruled in no county[459]. m ---. The name of Gospatrick's wife is not known. Gospatrick & his wife had one child: a) UHTRED . Simeon of Durham names "Aldred, Eadulf and Cospatric" as the three sons of "Uchtred", stating that "the third…did not attain the rank of the earldom" but that he had "a son…Uchtred…"[460]. m ---. The name of Uhtred's wife is not known. Uhtred & his wife had one child: i) EADWULF (-murdered ----, bur Jedburgh). Simeon of Durham names "Aldred, Eadulf and Cospatric" as the three sons of "Uchtred", stating that "the third…did not attain the rank of the earldom" but that he had "a son…Uchtred whose son was Eadulf surnamed Rus who afterwards appeared as the leader of those who murdered bishop Walcher" and was himself killed "by a woman and was buried in the church of Geddewerde" [Jedburgh][461].
   Page: Identifies Gospatrick, also the same as Cospatric, as the 3rd son of Uhtred, born to his 2nd wife Sigen, did not succeeded to become Earl of Northumbria. Married but the name of his wife is not known, Gospatrick & his wife had one child: Uhtred, who himself had one child, Eadwulf Rus (Gospatrick's grandson) Also identifies him as the younger brother of Ealdred and Eadwulf, and older 1/2 brother of Ealdgyth
   
8. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Earl Gospatric Fitzughtred - birth:
   Author: Genealogy Disk.FTW, Page number: Tree #2135
   Note: birth: Source Medium: Other birth-name: Gospatric De Singleton Source Medium: Other birth: Source Medium: Other birth-name: Gospatric De Singleton Source Medium: Other
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2667140788
   
9. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Gospatric Ap Uchtred - birth:
   Author: HenryEckardsAncestry2803654.ged
   Note: birth: Call number: Call number:
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3244726094