11. In Warwickshire Cyneweard possessed, along with a thegn named Beorhtric, six hides at Stretton-on-Fosse. 12. The only reference to this place is in the will of a thegn named Wulfgar, made in AD 931. 13. The term thegn was used in the late Viking Age in Sweden and Denmark to describe a class of retainer. 14. A certain amount of social mobility is implied by regulations detailing the conditions under which a ceorl could become a thegn . 15. Another grant, to thegn Coelmund, is dated 756, apparently in error for 777, 778, or 779. 16. It was held partly by William the Conqueror; partly by Richard from the Bishop of Bayeux partly by Oswald the Thegn . 17. The land where Odell Castle stood was originally owned by Levenot, a thegn of Walter de Flandrensis ( circa 1068 ). 18. To thegn and serf, to young and old, He preached the faith of Christ and told His gospel of salvation. 19. An example of this is in a charter of 858 where �thelberht of Kent made an exchange of land with his thegn Wulflaf. 20. Watching the Danes, he hears a woman predict the coming of an illustrious thegn and then witnesses the death of the Shaper.
