[4] Some reports give Æthelwold a role as an advisor to King Henry during the selection of William de Corbeil as Archbishop of Canterbury in 1123.
While prior he built the crypt of the monastic church and represented King Henry at a papal council held at Rheims in 1131.
[6] Carlisle was a newly founded see, created by King Henry in Cumbria, in order to extend the rule of the English into areas in dispute between Scotland and England.
[7] In 1135, King David I of Scotland invaded and annexed the counties that comprised the see of Carlisle, and drove Æthelwold out.
[11] He later was a supporter of Henry Murdac for the see of York, against King Stephen's choice of William fitzHerbert.