Tardebigge was purchased by the Dean of Worcester for his Church from King Ethelred, then seized by Sheriff of Staffordshire in a war between Ethelred's son Ironside and the Cnut the Dane.
Tardebigge was purchased by the Dean of Worcester for his Church from King Ethelred the Unready. In the later dark ages there were battles fought between Ethelred's son Ironside and the Cnut the Dane.