Eadric the Wild

Eadric the Wild (or Eadric Silvaticus), also known as Wild Edric,[1] Eadric Cild (or Child[2]) and Edric the Forester,[3] was an Anglo-Saxon magnate of Shropshire and Herefordshire who led English resistance to the Norman Conquest, active in 1068–70.

  1. ^ "Wild Edric". Shropshire History. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  2. ^ Freeman, Edward Augustus (1867). The History of the Norman Conquest in England. Vol. 4. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 64.
  3. ^ Hume, David. History of England. Vol. 1. Boston: Aldine Book Publishing. pp. 182.