Hereward Thegn Of MERCIA

1004 - Aft 1086  (83 years)

• Name	Hereward Thegn Of MERCIA  [1, 2]
  Born	1004	Barholm, Lincolnshire, England
  Gender	Male
  _UID	F6FE40A0F24049FEA761C8D97ED917F65A35
  Died	Aft 1086	Witham, Lincolnshire, England   [1]
  Person ID	I10521	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2012

  
  

  Father	Leofric III Earl Of MERCIA,   b. 14 May 978, Chester, Cheshire, England (Mercia) ,   d. 31 Aug 1057, Bromley, Staffordshire, England (Mercia)  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	First Wife Or MISTRESS,   b. Abt 980, Mercia, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F5045	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Hereward, Mercian Thegn, who led the Anglo-Saxon resistence to William I (The Conqueror) 1071 and who apparently got back his pre-conquest lands at Witham, Barholm, and Rippingale about the time of the Domesday Suvey 1086. [Burke's Peerage]

  
  

• Sources

  [S289] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles M o s l e y Editor-in-Chief, 1999, 26 May 2003., 2903 (Reliability: 3). [S44] Newsgroup: soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - google.com, Adrian Channing, 17 Apr 1997 (Reliability: 3).