corfegate

Updated: May 27, 2025

It is, however, doubtful if Eadgar compassed his death at all, but two years after it he married his widow, whose beauty was her chief recommendation, for though it has nothing to do with Romsey, it may be mentioned in passing that it was she by whose order Eadgar's eldest son by his first wife, Eadward the Martyr, was murdered at Corfegate, where the well-known castle afterwards rose and where its ruins remain until this day.

Rev. Thomas Perkins - Bell's Cathedrals: A Short Account of Romsey Abbey : A Description of the Fabric and Notes on the History of the Convent of SS. Mary & Ethelfleda