 Ælfric also ordered the composition of the first "Life of Dunstan", a hagiography, or saint's life, of Dunstan, a predecessor as Archbishop of Canterbury.He also acted as a royal judge, once being ordered by King Æthelred to adjudicate a case between thegns, or local noblemen.Ælfric died on 16 November 1005 and was buried in Abingdon Abbey, later being translated to Canterbury Cathedral.