Note 1045 — Chapter IX · THE REIGN OF EADWARD FROM THE RETURN OF GODWINE TO THE DEATH OF EADWARD THE ÆTHELING.[921] 1052–1057.

Chron. Petrib. 1052. “And on þis ilcan tyme forlet Arnwi abbot of Burh abbotrice be his halre life, and geaf hit Leofric munec be þes cynges leafe and be þære munece.” The local writer, Hugo Candidus, seems (Sparke, 41) to place Leofric’s appointment in 1057. So John of Peterborough, a. 1057, who calls him “egregius pater Leofricus.” Hugo is loud in his praises; among his other merits he was so high in the favour of the King and the Lady that he held five abbeys at once, Burton, Coventry, Crowland, and Thorney, besides Peterborough.