He held the military post of staller, roughly equivalent to the continental constable, under King Edward the Confessor.
In the time of King Edward the Confessor it was valued at four pounds.
The native English dynasty was restored with the accession of King Edward the Confessor in 1042.
After Tovi's death, his son fell into debt and the estate passed to King Edward the Confessor.
In his earlier life he was Saewald, physician of King Edward the Confessor.
The Curtana is also known as the Sword of King Edward the Confessor.
An inscription dates this precisely to the reign of King Edward the Confessor.
Ealdred was an advisor to King Edward the Confessor, and was often involved in the royal government.
It was active in the reign of King Edward the Confessor (reigned 1042-1066) and probably for a century before that.
It is first recorded in 1042, when it was owned by King Edward the Confessor.