Uhtred of Lumley

• Preferred Name: Uhtred of Lumley^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}
  
• Alternate Name: Uchtred
  
• Alternate Name: Uchtred De Lumley
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: 936L-MHW
  
• Death: Y
  
• Birth: 1049 in Lumley, Durham, England at LATI: N4.8333 LONG: E1.55 with note: Pedigree of Uchtred of Lumley
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Uhtred of Lumley (also Uchthred) was the son of Ligulf of Lumley and his wife Ealdgyth, daughter of Ealdred, Earl of Northumbria and granddaughter of Uhtred the Bold, Earl of Northumbria.
  
  He had a younger brother Morcar who became a monk at the monastery of Saint Paul in Jarrow.
  
  Uhtred's exact date of birth is not known, it was certainly before 1080 when his father Ligulf was murdered.
  
  Ligulf was one of the main advisors to Walcher, the Bishop of Durham. Two of Walcher's other advisors, Leobwin and Gilbert were opposed to Ligulf's advice. In April or May 1080, in the middle of the night, Leobwin and Gilbert, aided by Bishop Walcher's own knights attacked Ligulf's house and killed Ligulf and most of the household. Uhtred's mother Ealdgyth survived the attack. If Uhtred was born in 1049 (as is assumed) then he would have been an adult with his own household and therefore would not likely have been present at his father's home on the night of the attack.
  
  Although the name of Uhtred's wife is not known, Uhtred is reported as the father of one son:
  - Liulf who was alive in 1120
  
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  Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
  
  d) ÆLDGYTH . Simeon of Durham names "Algitha daughter of earl Aldred" as wife of "Ligulf", when recording the latter's murder[438]. Roger of Hoveden names her and her father, as well as her husband and two sons[439]. Simeon of Durham's Account of the Siege of Durham records that "Earl Aldred was the father of five daughters, three of whom bore the same name Ælfleda, the fourth…Aldgitha and the fifth Etheldritha"[440]. m LIULF, son of --- (-murdered 1080). Simeon of Durham records that "Ligulf a noble and good thane" was murdered[441]. Resident of Durham, he was friends with Walcher and was murdered by Gilbert sheriff of Northumberland[442]. Liulf & his wife had two children:
  
  i) UHTRED . Simeon of Durham names "Uchthred and Morckar" as the two sons of "Ligulf" & his wife[443]. m ---. The name of Uhtred's wife is not known. Uhtred & his wife had [one possible child]:
  
  (a) [LIULF . "…Lyulf filio Uchtredi…" witnessed the charter dated to [1120] under which "David comes filius Malcolmi Regis Scottorum" founded the abbey of Selkirk[444]. While no proof has been found that Liulf was the son of Uhtred, son of Liulf, this is probable because of the common use of the unusual name "Liulf".]
  
  ii) MORCAR . Simeon of Durham names "Uchthred and Morckar" as the two sons of "Ligulf" & his wife, stating that Morcar was educated by the monks of Jarrow[445].
  
  === !SOURCES: Boltons Extinct Peerage 942 D ===
  !SOURCES: Boltons Extinct Peerage 942 D 22 bs; Collins's Peerage Vol 3 942 D
  22 be p 694;
  
  !NOTE: Wife born about 1070, Durham, England.
  
  === SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 S ===
  SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.19, 49;

1. Robert de Lumley Thane of Aldithley, b. 1080 in Little Lumley, Chester Le Street, Durham, England     d. AFT 1140

1. Title: ÆLDGYTH daughter of EALDRED in the record of UHTRED, son of WALTHEOF Earl of Northumbria
   Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLAND,%20AngloSaxon%20nobility.htm#_ftnref439;
   Note: UHTRED, son of WALTHEOF Earl of Northumbria m firstly (repudiated) as her first husband, ECGFRIDA, daughter of ALDUN Bishop of Durham & his wife --- m secondly SIGEN, daughter of STYR Ulfsson & his wife ---. m thirdly ([1009/16]) ÆLFGIFU, daughter of ÆTHELRED II King of England & his first wife Ælflæd ---. Earl Uhtred & his [second] wife had three children: 1. EALDRED (-murdered Risewood 1039). Simeon of Durham names "Aldred, Eadulf and Cospatric" as the three sons of "Uchtred", stating that "Aldred" succeeded his paternal uncle Eadulf Cudel in Northumbria[430]. He is named as son of Uhtred by Roger of Hoveden, first of the three sons he lists[431]. He succeeded his paternal uncle as Earl of Northumbria. Simeon of Durham records that Ealdred killed "the murderer Thurebrand" to avenge his father, made peace with "Carl the son of Thurebrand", but the latter killed "Aldred" in "the wood called Risewood"[432]. m ---. The name of Ealdred's wife is not known. Ealdred & his wife had five children: a) ÆLFLED . Simeon of Durham names "Elfleda daughter of Earl Aldred" as wife of Siward and mother of Waltheof[433]. She is named daughter of Ealdred by Roger of Hoveden, who also records her marriage[434]. Simeon of Durham's Account of the Siege of Durham records that "Earl Aldred was the father of five daughters, three of whom bore the same name Ælfleda, the fourth…Aldgitha and the fifth Etheldritha", specifying that "one of these Ælfledas married earl Siward by whom she became the mother of Waltheof"[435]. m SIWARD, son of --- (-York 26 Mar 1055). He was recognised as Earl of Northumbria in 1041, in succession to his wife's uncle. b) ÆLFLED . Simeon of Durham's Account of the Siege of Durham records that "Earl Aldred was the father of five daughters, three of whom bore the same name Ælfleda, the fourth…Aldgitha and the fifth Etheldritha"[436]. c) ÆLFLED . Simeon of Durham's Account of the Siege of Durham records that "Earl Aldred was the father of five daughters, three of whom bore the same name Ælfleda, the fourth…Aldgitha and the fifth Etheldritha"[437]. d) ÆLDGYTH . Simeon of Durham names "Algitha daughter of earl Aldred" as wife of "Ligulf", when recording the latter's murder[438]. Roger of Hoveden names her and her father, as well as her husband and two sons[439]. Simeon of Durham's Account of the Siege of Durham records that "Earl Aldred was the father of five daughters, three of whom bore the same name Ælfleda, the fourth…Aldgitha and the fifth Etheldritha"[440]. m LIULF, son of --- (-murdered 1080). Simeon of Durham records that "Ligulf a noble and good thane" was murdered[441]. Resident of Durham, he was friends with Walcher and was murdered by Gilbert sheriff of Northumberland[442]. Liulf & his wife had two children: i) UHTRED . Simeon of Durham names "Uchthred and Morckar" as the two sons of "Ligulf" & his wife[443]. m ---. The name of Uhtred's wife is not known. Uhtred & his wife had [one possible child]: (a) [LIULF . "…Lyulf filio Uchtredi…" witnessed the charter dated to [1120] under which "David comes filius Malcolmi Regis Scottorum" founded the abbey of Selkirk[444]. While no proof has been found that Liulf was the son of Uhtred, son of Liulf, this is probable because of the common use of the unusual name "Liulf".] ii) MORCAR . Simeon of Durham names "Uchthred and Morckar" as the two sons of "Ligulf" & his wife, stating that Morcar was educated by the monks of Jarrow[445]. e) ETHELDREDA . Simeon of Durham's Account of the Siege of Durham records that "Earl Aldred was the father of five daughters, three of whom bore the same name Ælfleda, the fourth…Aldgitha and the fifth Etheldritha"[446]. Simeon of Durham's Account of the Siege of Durham records the marriage of "Etheldritha, one of the five daughters of earl Aldred" and "a certain thane of Yorkshire called Orm the son of Gamel"[447]. m ORM, son of GAMEL & his wife ---. Orm & his wife had one child: i) ECGFRIDA . Simeon of Durham's Account of the Siege of Durham names "Ecgfrida" as the daughter of "Etheldritha, one of the five daughters of earl Aldred" and "…Orm the son of Gamel", recording that she married "Eilsi of Tees…who took possession of Bermetun and Skirningheim by hereditary right" by whom she was mother of "Waltheof and his two brothers and Eda their sister"[448]. m EILSI, son of ---.
   Page: Identifies Uhtred (also Uchthred) as the son of Ligulf and his wife ÆLDGYTH, daughter of EALDRED, son of Uhtred Earl of Northumbria Also the brother of Morcar, Monk of Jarrow. Also the father of LIULF who was alive in 1120
   
2. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Uchtred de Lumley -
   Author: History and Genealogy of the Pearsall Family in England and America; Clarence E Pearshall & Hettie May Pearsall, Ed. {192, Page number: 203
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3. Title: In record of his grandfather "Ealdred II of Bamburgh" From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ealdred_II_of_Bamburgh#Issue;
   Note: Ealdred was an Earl in north-east England from the death of his uncle, Eadwulf Cudel, soon after 1018[1] until his murder in 1038. He is variously described by historians as Earl of Northumbria,[2] Earl of Bernicia (northern Northumbria)[1] and Earl of Bamburgh,[3] his stronghold on the Northumbrian coast.[4] He was the son of Uhtred, Earl of Northumbria, who was murdered by Thurbrand the Hold in 1016 with the connivance of Cnut. Ealdred's mother was Ecgfrida, daughter of Aldhun, bishop of Durham. Historic Blood Feud Some time probably 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 murders in what was described by Frank Stenton as "the most remarkable private feud in English history".[2] Richard Fletcher gives an account in his book Bloodfeud: Murder and Revenge in Anglo-Saxon England. Ealdred was succeeded as Earl of Bernicia by his half-brother, Eadwulf, who was murdered in 1041 by Siward, Earl of Northumbria, husband of one of Ealdred's daughters. Issue English chronicler Simeon of Durham identifies five children of Ealdred, all daughters. Three of those daughters were all named "Ælfleda" (Ælfflaed), while this may seem unlikely it is actually common for the time. If a child died young often the next child of the same sex was given the same name. The first two daughters of that name probably died very young, there appears to be no other record of them. The third daughter to be named Ælfflaed lived to adulthood and became the second wife of Siward, Earl of Northumbria. One of her sons (Ealdred's grandson) was Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria, his daughter Maud married David I of Scotland and became Queen consort of Scotland. A fourth daughter Ealdgyth (Algitha) married Ligulf, who was murdered in 1080.[5] Before his death they had two sons: Uhtred and Morcar.[6] A fifth daughter Etheldreda (Etheldritha) married Orm, son of Gamel, identified in the Domesday Book as owner of 61 properties in Yorkshire, they had children.[7] References Fletcher, p. 114 Stenton, p. 390, n. 1 Williams, p. 117 Fletcher, p. 40. Aird, Ligulf The historical works of Simeon of Durham, tr., with preface and notes, by J. Stevenson, by Simeon, Publication date 1855 pp.361-362 https://archive.org/details/historicalworks00simegoog/page/n158/mode/1up?q=Etheldritha The historical works of Simeon of Durham, tr., with preface and notes, by J. Stevenson, by Simeon, Publication date 1855 pp.361-362 https://archive.org/details/historicalworks00simegoog/page/n158/mode/1up?q=Etheldritha Sources Aird, William M. (2004). "Ligulf (d. 1080)" ((subscription or UK public library membership required)). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/16791. Retrieved 20 January 2016. {{cite encyclopedia}}: External link in |format= (help) Fletcher, Richard (2003). Bloodfeud: Murder and Revenge in Anglo-Saxon England. London, UK: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-028692-2. Stenton, Frank (1971). Anglo-Saxon England (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-280139-5. Williams, Ann (1991). "Ælfflæd queen d. after 920". In Williams, Ann; Smyth, Alfred P.; Kirby, D. P. (eds.). A Biographical Dictionary of Dark Age Britain. London, UK: Seaby. ISBN 1-85264-047-2. External links Ealdred 52 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England
   Page: Identifies Uhtred as the son of Ealdgyth and Ligulf, and grandson of Ealdred II of Bamburgh Also the brother of Morcar.
   
4. Title: Son of "Ligulf" From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligulf;
   Note: Ligulf (sometimes Liulf or Ligulf of Lumley; died 1080) was an Anglo-Danish nobleman with landholdings in the north of England. Ligulf was married to Ealdgyth, the daughter of Ealdred the earl of Northumbria.[1] Ligulf's mother was a descendant of the earls of Bernicia.[citation needed] Ligulf was noted for his devotion to Saint Cuthbert.[2] After the death of Waltheof in 1076, Ligulf was one of the last remaining noblemen in the north with ties to the house of Bamburgh, and he became one of the main advisors to Walcher, the Bishop of Durham. Two of Walcher's other advisors, Leobwin and Gilbert were opposed to Ligulf's advice.[1] According to John of Worcester, Leobwin took offence at the manner in which Ligulf replied to Leobwin's opposition to Ligulf's advice to the bishop.[3] In April or May 1080 they attacked Ligulf's house in the middle of the night and killed most of the household, including Ligulf.[1] The two men were aided by the bishop's own knights, although it is not clear if Walcher was involved in the plot or not.[4] Ealdgyth survived Ligulf's death, as Walcher offered her a gift of land to settle the feud.[1] Walcher met Ligulf's surviving family, led by Eadulf Rus at Gateshead on 14 May 1080, and attempted to persuade them that the bishop had not been involved in the murder.[3] Walcher as both Bishop of Durham and Earl of Northumbria (a position he purchased) was duty bound to protect its people and prosecute crimes. Ligulf's family did not believe the bishop's protests of innocence, especially since Ligulf's murderers, Leobwin and Gilbert, were among Walcher's party. The Northumbrians presented Walcher with a petition of wrongs committed, which Walcher rejected. This enraged the Northumbrians, who then attacked Walcher and his supporters.[1] Walcher and his men sought refuge in a nearby church which was then set afire. Welcher was killed as he fled the burning church, Ligulf's murderers burned to death in the church as did many of Walcher's other men. Ligulf and Ealdgyth had two sons – Morcar and Uhtred. Morcar became a monk at Jarrow. Uhtred may be the same as the Uhtred recorded in Domesday Book holding a manor at Rudston in Yorkshire as a tenant-in-chief of the king. Ligulf may also have had a daughter named Ragnald, as a "Ragnald, daughter of Ligulf" is recorded as granting lands to Fountains Abbey in the 1130s. She was married to Robert de Sarz.[1] Citations Aird "Ligulf" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Stenton Anglo-Saxon England p. 613 Hagger William pp. 157–158 Douglas William the Conqueror p. 240 References Aird, William M. (2004). "Ligulf (d. 1080)" ((subscription or UK public library membership required)). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/16791. Retrieved 20 January 2016. {{cite encyclopedia}}: External link in |format= (help) Douglas, David C. (1964). William the Conqueror: The Norman Impact Upon England. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. OCLC 399137. Hagger, Mark (2012). William: King and Conqueror. London: I. B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-78076-354-5. Stenton, F. M. (1971). Anglo-Saxon England (Third ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-280139-5.
   Page: Identifies Uhtred as the son of Ligulf and Ealdgyth, and brother of Morcar. Suggests that Uhtred may be the same as the Uhtred recorded in Domesday Book holding a manor at Rudston in Yorkshire as a tenant-in-chief of the king.
   
5. Title: SIMEON'S ACCOUNT OF THE SIEGE OF DURHAM in THE CHURCH HISTORIANS OF ENGLAND, 1855
   Author: The historical works of Simeon of Durham Volume 3, Part 2 of Church historians of England: Pre-Reformation series Author: Simeon (of Durham) Translated by: Joseph Stevenson Publisher: Seeleys, 1855 Original from: Columbia University Digitized: Feb 9, 2010 Length: 367 pages Accessed by: Google Ebooks
   Publication: Name: https://books.google.com/books?id=2_NLAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false;
   Note: p 765 "About the valiant exploits of Earl Uchthred, and of the Earls who succeeded him" OF NOTE: Simeon was the Monk and Precentor of the Church of St Cuthbert, of Durham. Also available: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001399782
   Page: p564 The sons of Ligulf and 'Algitha' (Ealdgyth) are given as Uchthred and Morckar.