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Encyclopedia > Lyfing

"Lyfing" (from leof-carus (= "darling")) was the name of several notable persons in early England, including:

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Piety and Power; King Cnut and the English Church, 1014 to 1035 (5601 words)
Lyfing was in exile in Normandy with Æthelred in 1013/1014.
Lyfing, abbot of Tavistock and later bishop of Crediton was Burhwold's nephew.
Lyfing died in 1046 and was buried at Tavistock.
Lyfing, Archbishop of Canterbury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (128 words)
He became Bishop of Wells in 999, and in 1013 King Ethelred the Unready appointed him Archbishop of Canterbury.
Lyfing was taken captive by Vikings and held prisoner for a time, but he was released in time to attend the Witenagemot in 1014, and he started repairs of the damage the Vikings had done to Canterbury Cathedral.
As Archbishop of Canterbury, Lyfing crowned two English kings: Ethelred's son Edmund Ironside in 1016 and Canute the Great in 1017.
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