Abbot of Crowland and perhaps also of Bedford Abbey
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Thurcytel (or Thurkytel) (died 28 June 975?) was abbot of Crowland and perhaps also of Bedford Abbey.
Thurcytel of Crowland is known from the unreliable history of Crowland Abbey attributed to Pseudo-Ingulf, an account full of anachronisms including the claim that Thurcytel was Lord Chancellor of England. The gist of this account is that Thurcytel is a kinsman and servitor of several Kings of England, from Edward the Elder onwards, and fights at the battle of Brunanburh. He retires from secular life in the reign of King Eadred to become abbot of Crowland, which he has refounded and endowed with lands and treasures in 948. Pseudo-Ingulf's account indicates that Thuryctel died on 28 June 975.
Thurcytel of Crowland has long been identified with the Thurcytel who was abbot of Bedford Abbey at about the same time. Lewis, however, notes that "the case is not clear-cut". This Thurcytel was a kinsman of Oscytel, Archbishop of York, and, thus, also of Oscytel's successor Oswald of Worcester. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that Archbishop Oscytel was buried at Bedford Abbey by Thurcytel in 971. Thurcytel of Bedford was said by some late sources to have been expelled and to have joined the canons of St Paul's in London where he had once been a priest.
Thurcytel (or Thurkytel) (died 28 June 975?) was abbot of Crowland and perhaps also of Bedford Abbey. Thurcytel of Crowland is known from the unreliable...
the Historia Regum add that one of the nobles killed with Uhtred was Thurcytel son of Nafena. The sources indicate that Cnut had been behind the killing...
Hamelin de Balun de Balun Bertha de Balun of Bateden Bertha of Hereford Thurcytel de Neufmarché Geoffrey de Neufmarché Papia of England Bernard de Neufmarché...
possible that Oswald's relatives Oscytel, afterwards Archbishop of York, and Thurcytel, an abbot, were also relatives of Oda, but this is not known for sure...
his body was taken there by its abbot, Thurcytel (who later moved to Crowland Abbey).: 30 : 147, 420 Thurcytel is the only known abbot of the monastery...
complete peal of bells. The chronologies of the abbot Ingulf suggest that Thurcytel, the first Abbot of Crowland, presented the Abbey with a bell named Guthlac...
king's agents during the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539. Lewis, "Thurcytel". Knowles, Brooke & London, Heads of Religious Houses, i., p. 44. Knowles...
over the Channel to the Seine River. Later, it is told that the jarl Thurcytel (Thorketill cf. NPN Turquetil, Teurquetil), who first settled in the English...
Danes near Ipswich in 1010 turned into a rout, caused by the flight of Thurcytel "Mare's head", and only the men of Cambridgeshire stood to fight. The...
related to Oswald, Bishop of Worcester and later Archbishop of York, and Thurcytel, who was abbot of Bedford Abbey. All three men were landowners in the...
Later Jin (b. 914) 975 June 28 Cyneweard, bishop of Wells (Somerset) Thurcytel, abbot of Crowland (approximate date) July 4 – Gwangjong (Wang So), Korean...
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