William of Malmesbury
St. Eadwold was born about 835 AD, the son of Æthelweard of East Anglia and reputed brother of Edmund, king of East Anglia. He left his homeland possibly due to Viking Invasion, to live as a hermit on a hill about four miles from Cerne, Dorset. William of Malmesbury said he lived on bread and water, and worked many miracles. He is known from the writing of William of Malmesbury and the "Hagiographies of St Eadwold of Cerne", by Goscelin of Saint-Bertin and also Secgan.