Godwine Porthund was listed in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as a butcher ("carnifex") of Shrewsbury in 1006. Ælfhelm, Ealdorman of York had been invited to a feast with Eadric Streona, who took him hunting in the forest where he was ambushed by Godwine Porthund and assassinated. Subsequently, King Æthelred the Unready had the eyes of Ælfhelm's sons Wulfheah and Ufegeat gouged out at Cookham. In 1017 Eadric was executed by King Canute (Ælfhelm's son in law).
References edit
- Emma Mason (2004). The house of Godwine: the history of a dynasty. Continuum. p. 23. ISBN 1-85285-389-1.
- Searle, William George (1897). Onomasticon anglo-saxonicum; a list of Anglo-Saxon proper names from the time of Beda to that of King John. Cambridge University Press. p. 266.
- Ann Williams (2008). The world before Domesday: the English aristocracy 900-1066. Continuum. p. 127. ISBN 1-84725-239-7.
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