Note 58 — Chapter XI · THE ELECTION OF HAROLD.[1] January 5th–April 16th, 1066.

Edward the First was baptized on the day of the Translation of his earlier namesake the “Martyr.” See Matt. Paris, 488. But it is distinctly said that his name was given him in honour of the Confessor. Flores Hist. 1239; “Est Eadwardus vocitatus. Qui denominationem accepit a glorioso Rege et Confessore Eadwardo, cujus corpus gloriosum in basilicâ S. Petri Westmonasterii requiescit.” So N. Trivet, in anno (p. 225 ed. Hog); “In honorem gloriosissimi Confessoris et Regis Edwardi Edwardum vocavit.” But Matthew Paris (u.s.) seems, oddly enough, to make him be called Edward after the contemporary Archbishop Saint Edmund; “Archiepiscopus Ædmundus Cantuariensis ipsum confirmavit, et, Rege sic volente, aptatum est ei nomen, scilicet Ædwardus.” The important point is the re-appearance, from any cause, of the royal English name.