Michelle and Tim Worthy, Medfield couple killed in crash Oct 9, 2009
A joint funeral Mass is planned at 10 a.m. today at St. Edward the Confessor Church in Medfield. The couple is to be buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Weymouth. (Boston Globe)
The Development of the Early Englis... Jul 22, 2009
When Edward the confessor died without an heir, William, the Duke of Normandy, and Harold, the Earl of West Saxon, both claimed the English throne. The English distrusted William as a foreigner, and supported Harold, but in the end William won, becoming forever after known as William the Conqueror. (Suite101.com)
Obituary: James H. Connors of Medfield Apr 13, 2009
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at Saint Edward the Confessor Church, 133 Spring Street (Rte. 27), Medfield, on Friday, April 3 at 10 a.m. Burial was private. (Medfield Press, MA)
Obituary: Richard D. Drahos Mar 29, 2009
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at St. Edward the Confessor 133 Spring Street, Medfield, on Friday March 20 at 10 a.m. Burial with military honors followed at Vine Lake Cemetery in Medfield. Should friends desire, donations may be made in Dicks honor to the Marion Community P.O. Box 639, Medway, Ma. (Medfield Press, MA)
King William I of England Mar 16, 2009
One such was his distant cousin Edward the Confessor who is said to have promised William the throne of England upon his death. Edward the Confessor ... Edward the Confessor died in 1065, naming Harold, Earl of Wessex as his successor. (Suite101.com)
The Birth and Development of the En... Mar 14, 2009
1016-1035) went so far as to fashion something resembling a professional fleet manned by mercenaries, after Edward the Confessor (r. 1042-1066) took the throne and abolished Canute s fleet, it would be centuries before a nascent English Navy combed England s coasts once more (Royal Navy's Official Website). (Suite101.com)
Walter F. Wally Reynolds, III, 58 Feb 24, 2009
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Edward the Confessor Church, 133 Spring Street, Medfield, on Tuesday, Feb. 24th at 10:00a. m. Burial with military honors will follow at Vine Lake Cemetery. (Medfield Press, MA)
Obituary: Tracy Ann Sproul, 48 Feb 14, 2009
A Mass of Christian was concelebrated at St. Edward the Confessor Church, 133 Spring Street, Medfield, on Saturday, Jan. 31 at 10a. m. Burial followed at Vine Lake Cemetery. (Medfield Press, MA)
UCLA team creates virtual library of medieval manuscripts Feb 11, 2009
Google "Edward the Confessor" and you'll get page after page of links to biographies of this 11th-century English king, to Westminster Abbey, which he founded and where he is buried, and to the Magna Carta, which was partly inspired by laws enacted during his 24-year reign ... That history, "The Life of King Edward the Confessor," probably written by a Benedictine monk named Matthew Paris sometime between 1250 and 1260, is not alone. (EurekAlert!)
