Eadwulf Rus

[1] This murder by Tostig led to a great northern revolt against Edward the Confessor, a revolt that turned both King Edward and Harold Godwinson against Tostig and led to the appointment of the Mercian, Morcar, as Earl of northern England.

[2] Eadwulf is primarily remembered for his involvement in the death of Walcher, Earl of Northumbria and Bishop of Durham.

The sources say that the attack occurred as revenge for the murder of Walcher's English right-hand man, Ligulf.

[7] On 14 May 1080 a party of Northumbrian natives attacked that bishop-earl and his household at Gateshead, across the river from the future site of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, having arrived to hold discussions.

[11] His body was buried in the church at Jedburgh (now Scottish Borders), until Prior Turgot of Durham Cathedral had it removed a few years later.