Tovi the Proud (also Tofi or Tofig, Tofi pruda), fl. 1018–1043, was a rich and powerful 11th-century Danish thegn who held a number of estates in various parts of southern England. A translation of the legend of Waltham Abbey cites the Lord of Waltham as 'Tovi le Prude', "totius Angliae post regnem primus" (prude = prudent, wise, sagacious).[1] He was staller (a placeman or court office-holder) to King Cnut the Great.[2]
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^Williams et al., A Biographical Dictionary of Dark Age Britain, page 229.
TovitheProud (also Tofi or Tofig, Tofi pruda), fl. 1018–1043, was a rich and powerful 11th-century Danish thegn who held a number of estates in various...
of Harthacnut's retinue; after the collapse and subsequent death of Harthacnut at the wedding feast of TovitheProud in 1042, Thorkell's wife and two...
Irish chieftain of the O'Neill dynasty of Ulster Simeon of Moscow (1316-1353), Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of Vladimir TovitheProud, a rich and powerful...
suddenly in June 1042 "as he stood at his drink" at the wedding feast of TovitheProud, one of the Danish thegns of his father's court. At first glance...
Lambeth. The groom was TovitheProud, and the bride was Gytha, daughter of Osgod Clapa. Both men had been close to Cnut. According to the Anglo-Saxon...
(Cnut the Great at Winchester Cathedral), necklaces (Lady Godiva to the Virgin accompanying the rood at Evesham Abbey), or swords (TovitheProud, Waltham...
communities in the area. At the beginning of the 11th century, the church and manor of Waltham were held by an Anglo-Danish thegn called TovitheProud. A legend...
appears in narrative accounts on the occasion of the marriage of his daughter Gytha to his fellow-staller TovitheProud. It appears to be at these celebrations...
well-known, but the equally far-reaching grants made to Danish nobles by Cnut the Great less so. Ansgar's grandfather, TovitheProud, was a Danish thegn...
Before the Conquest it was owned by TovitheProud "and he could go where he wished". It would appear this village was destroyed during the Norman Conquest...
citation] The recorded history of the town began during the reign of Canute in the early 11th century when his standard-bearer Tovi or Tofig theProud, founded...
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