General Notes

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Brother of Godiva; grandfather of Alured de Lincoln I. [Falaise Roll, Table XIII]

In a charter of Monasticon, Thorold of Bucknall, a hamlet situated abt 10 miles from Lincoln , reads, "I, Thorald of Bucknall, in the presence of my most noble lord, Leofric, earl of Lei cester, and his most noble countess lady Godiva, my sister, and with the goodwill and consen t of my lord and near kinsman earl
Algar, their firstborn son and heir, have given ..." Thorold also appears in a grant of a sur vey of the city of Lincoln as Turaldus de Greteville, undoubtedly for Greetwell, several mile s from there, and Turoldus vicecomes (sheriff) is written in Domesday as a benefactor of Crow land. His dau. m. a Breton husband,
probably the grandson of the Earl Leofric and Godiva. [Falaise Roll, p. 157]

The Domesday Survey of 1086 lists a man called Thorold as sheriff and Swein as the first cons table of Lincoln: they were probably both Saxons, but William the Conqueror's initial polic y had been to select respected local officials, a policy he was later to change. Thorold an d Swein were wealthy landowners and were probably both in office in 1070 whdn the Danish kin g Swein sailed up the Humber and sparked off the rebellion of Hereward the Wake, centered i n the fens. [Lincoln Castle, p. 12]


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In a charter of Monasticon, Thorold of Bucknall, a hamlet situated abt 10 miles from Lincoln, reads, "I, Thorald of Bucknall, in the presence of my most noble lord, Leofric, earl of Leicester, and his most noble countess lady Godiva, my sister, and with the goodwill and consent of my lord and near kinsman earl
Algar, their firstborn son and heir, have given ..." Thorold also appears in a grant of a survey of the city of Lincoln as Turaldus de Greteville, undoubtedly for Greetwell, several miles from there, and Turoldus vicecomes (sheriff) is written in Domesday as a benefactor of Crowland. His dau. m. a Breton husband,
probably the grandson of the Earl Leofric and Godiva. [Falaise Roll, p. 157]

The Domesday Survey of 1086 lists a man called Thorold as sheriff and Swein as the first constable of Lincoln: they were probably both Saxons, but William the Conqueror's initial policy had been to select respected local officials, a policy he was later to change. Thorold and Swein were wealthy landowners and were probably both in office in 1070 whdn the Danish king Swein sailed up the Humber and sparked off the rebellion of Hereward the Wake, centered in the fens. [Lincoln Castle, p. 12]