Æthelsige was an

Abbot of Abingdon The Abbot of Abingdon was the head (or abbot) of Anglo-Saxon and eventually Benedictines, Benedictine house of Abingdon Abbey at Abingdon-on-Thames in northern Berkshire (present-day Oxfordshire), England. The following is a list of abbots of Abin ...

and succeeded

Wulfgar Wulfgar, Wolfgar and Wolfger are variants of an Old High German masculine given name meaning "wolf-spear".Beate Varnhorn, ''Das grosse Lexikon der Vornamen'' (Bertelsmann, 2008), p. 309. They may refer to: Historical *Wolfgar (bishop of Würzburg ...

in 1016 (''

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle The ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' is a collection of annals in Old English, chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons. The original manuscript of the ''Chronicle'' was created late in the 9th century, probably in Wessex, during the reign of Alf ...

'', version C). Æthelsige lived in the town today called Elswick, known then as "'Edelesuuic," literally "the farm of a man named Æthelsige." Before he died in 1018 he was principal in the treaty between Danes and English to observe the laws of Edgar. He was succeeded by his son Æthelwine (''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'', version E).

References

*Kelly, S. E. 2000. Charters of Abingdon, part 1. ''Anglo-Saxon Charters'' 7.

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* Abbots of Abingdon 1018 deaths Year of birth unknown {{England-reli-bio-stub