Morcar Of Northumbria

Abt 960 - 1015  (55 years)

• Name	Morcar Of Northumbria
  Birth	Abt 960	Wessex, England
  Gender	Male
  FSID	G8P6-SW5
  Death	1015	Wessex, England
  Person ID	I4082	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Algi Algifu,   b. 960, Wessex, England d. 1055, Wessex, England (Age 95 years)
  Children	+ 1. Ealdgyth Verch Aelfgar, Queen of England ,   b. 986, Wessex, England d. 1016, London, England (Age 30 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3114	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Morcar (or Morkere) (Old English: Mōrcǣr) (died 1015) was a thane (mini s t e r ) o f King Æthelred the Unready. He was given lands in Derbyshire in 1 0 0 9 , i n cluding Weston-on-Trent, Crich, and Smalley by King Æthelred in 1 0 1 1 a n d 1 012. He was also given the freedom from the three common burde n s . H e a n d his brother were executed in 1015. Morcar's brother's wife w a s l a t e r married to King Edmund Ironside. Morcar was the son of Earngrim, according to John of Worcester. Morcar was a king's thegn (Latin minister) in 1009 when King Æthelred t h e U n r e ady issued a charter, in which he gave lands to his minister Mor c a r . T h e charter shows that he would control the crossings of the River T r e n t a t W eston-on-Trent, Wilne, and King's Mills in Leicestershire. Alt h o u g h n ot mentioned explicitly, the land described at Weston on Trent i n c l u d ed ownership of what is now the villages of Shardlow and Aston-on- T r e n t .