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  2. Edward the Confessor - Wikipedia

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    Edward the Confessor [a] [b] (c. 1003 – 5 January 1066) was an Anglo-Saxon English king and saint. ... aiming to increase the wealth and power of the Abbey.

  3. Taxation in medieval England - Wikipedia

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    This tax used similar machinery for collection as Danegeld and was again based on the number of hides a tenant had. The amount due from each hide was variable. In 1051 Edward the Confessor abolished heregeld and saved money by selling off his navy, giving the responsibility of naval defense to the Cinque ports in return for various privileges ...

  4. Stigand - Wikipedia

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    During Edward's reign, Stigand was an influential advisor at court and used his position to increase his own wealth as well as that of his friends and family. Contemporary valuations of the lands he controlled at the death of King Edward, as listed in Domesday Book , come to an annual income of about 2500 pounds. [ 2 ]

  5. Edward the Confessor coin brooch found in field - AOL

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    A gilded silver coin brooch that was the height of fashion during the reign of Edward the Confessor (1042-1066) has been found by a metal detectorist. The discovery was made in August 2020 near ...

  6. Category:Edward the Confessor - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to Edward the Confessor (c. 1003-1066, reigned 1042-1066) and his reign. Pages in category "Edward the Confessor" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.

  7. Edith of Wessex - Wikipedia

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    Edith of Wessex (Old English: Ealdgyth; c. 1025 – 18 December 1075) was Queen of England through her marriage to Edward the Confessor from 1045 until Edward's death in 1066. Unlike most English queens in the 10th and 11th centuries, she was crowned. [1]

  8. Leges Edwardi Confessoris - Wikipedia

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    Edward the Confessor, supposed issuer of the Leges Edwardi Confessoris. The title Leges Edwardi Confessoris, or Laws of Edward the Confessor, refers to a collection of laws, purporting to represent English law in the time of Edward the Confessor (reigned 1042–1066), as recited to the Norman invader king William I in 1070, but which was not composed until probably the early years of the reign ...

  9. History of the English monarchy - Wikipedia

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    Shrine of Edward the Confessor at Westminster Abbey. Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) was the only surviving son of Æthelred and Emma. In 1041, Harthacnut recalled his half-brother from exile in Normandy. When he died without heirs, the forty-year-old Edward was the natural successor.