 | 1854 - 350 pages
...seated on the throne, he sent for his brothers in arms, and made Vigmund Earl of Dover, on Ethelward he conferred the earldom of Stane, with the hand of his sister Edyre ; while to Alric, the archbishopric of Canterbury, then falling vacant, was given. Soon after,... | |
 | 1857 - 526 pages
...seated on the throne, he sent for his brothers in arms, and made Wigmund, earl of Dover ; on Ethelward he conferred the earldom of Stane, with the hand of his sister Edyre ; while to Alric, the archbishopric of Canterbury, then falling vacant, was given : soon after,... | |
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Vigmund accused Athelward and his wife of plotting against the life of Athelstan, but they cleared themselves by the fiery ordeal, and Edyre gave birth to a son, whom they called Edemund. 