Editing Badby (section)

===Saxon===
Charters record that the land was given by a [[Anglo-Saxons|Saxon]] sheriff (or shire reeve), Norman, to the [[Abbey of Croyland]] (or Crowland) around the year 726. To fund defence against the invading Danes around 871, Beorred seized it back and gave it to his army officers to secure their services.

In a charter dated 944, King [[Edmund I]] of England gave an estate comprising [[Dodford, Northamptonshire|Dodford]], [[Everdon]] and all of Badby with Newnham to [[Ælfric (bishop of Hereford)|Bishop Aelfric of Hereford]]. After Edmund's murder in 946, the estate was returned in 948 to Croyland by his brother, King [[Edred of England|Edred]] (or Aedred, Ædred, Edric) on the advice of [[Turketul]] (or Turketulus), his chancellor. Abbot Godric II<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06626c.htm Brief lives of two Godrics]</ref> of Croyland, to buy protection against the threatening Danes, leased Badby in 1006 for 100 years to Norman (or Northman), son of Leofwine, Earl of Leicester<ref>{{Cite book |last=Savage |first=James |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TrUHAAAAQAAJ&dq=Norman%2C+son+of+%5B%5BLeofwine%2C+Earl+of+Leicester%5D%5D+%28and+Chester&pg=PA94 |title=History of the hundred of Carhampton |date=1830 |publisher=Bristol |language=en}}</ref> (and Chester), a great military officer under King Edred.

The Danes attacked and prevailed in 1013 under their King [[Sweyn]] (or Sveyn), who died in 1014. He was eventually succeeded by his son [[Canute]] (or Cnut, Knud, Knut). In 1016 Norman was killed and in 1017 Edred was executed by King Canute. Canute thus acquired Badby and later transferred it to Norman's brother, the [[Leofric, Earl of Mercia|Earl Leofric of Mercia]], who had supported Canute and was married to the famous [[Godiva]] (or Godgifu). In turn, Earl Leofric gave the lordship of the manor of Badby and Newnham to the [[Evesham Abbey|Benedictine Abbey of Evesham]], for the remainder of the 100-year lease supposedly granted by Abbot Godric II of Croyland. This was ratified by King [[Canute]] in 1018. The Anglo-Saxons and the Danes began to settle together.