[1] Ordwulf did not succeed his father as ealdorman but was however described by the chronicler John of Worcester as Dumnoniae Primus, that is "First in Devon".
[5] According to Goscelin, together with his nephew King Æthelred he saw a vision of the king's recently deceased illegitimate half-sister Edith of Wilton (961-984)(Saint Edith) which led to the translation of her relics thirteen years after her death.
[6] He received a bequest of two valuable books, Hrabanus and a martyrology, in the will of Ælfwold III (Bishop of Crediton) (died 1011/1015).
[7] Ordwulf married Ælfwynn, who donated some of her Devonshire manors to her husband's foundation Tavistock Abbey including: Hame (Abbotsham), Werdgete (Worthygate, in Parkham parish), Orlege (Orleigh) and Anri (Annery).
[8] Older historians thought that Tavistock Abbey was founded in 961 by Ordgar[9] but the modern consensus is that it was wholly the foundation of Ordwulf in 974;[10][11] in 981 the charter of confirmation was granted by King Æthelred the Unready, Ordwulf's nephew.