King Edgar Crowned After Fourteen Years

King Edgar was crowned after 14 years of his reign. The service was significant in that it used Dunstan’s famous and long-lasting order of service, some of which remains to this day. This is how it appeared in The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle :
In this year, Edgar, ruler of the English
Was consecrated King by a great assembly,
In the ancient city of Acemannesceastee,
Also called Bath by the inhabitants
Of this island. On that blessed day,
Called and named Whit Sunday by the children of Men,
There was great rejoicing by all. As I have heard,
There was a great congregation of priests and a goodly company of monks,
And wise men gathered together.




