Ælfmær (died c. 1031) was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Selsey.
Ælfmær | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Selsey | |
| Appointed | before 1011 |
| Term ended | c. 1031 |
| Predecessor | Ordbriht |
| Successor | Æthelric I |
| Other post(s) | Abbot of Tavistock |
| Personal details | |
| Died | c. 1031 |
| Denomination | Christian |
Life
editPerhaps previously a monk at Glastonbury Abbey and then abbot of Tavistock Abbey,[1] Ælfmær was Bishop of Selsey by 1011, and was dead by 1032, when his successor witnessed a charter of King Cnut.[2][3]
It is curious, however, that Ælfmær supposedly attested a charter of Cnut dated 1033.[4] The probable explanation is that Ælfmær witnessed the conveyance itself, which took place in 1032, but the charter recording the transaction was not prepared until 1033.[5]
According to the Handbook of British Chronology, Ælfmær became bishop between 1007 and 1011, and died about 1031.[6]
Citations
edit- ^ Knowles, et al. Heads of Religious Houses p. 71
- ^ Anglo-Saxons.net Charters S964 accessed on 25 August 2007
- ^ Kelly Charters of Selsey p. xcii
- ^ Anglo-Saxons.net Charters S969 accessed on 25 August 2007
- ^ O'Donovan Charters of Sherborne pp. 72-73
- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 221
References
edit- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- Kelly, S. E. (1998). Charters of Selsey. Anglo-Saxon Charters VI. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-726175-2.
- Knowles, David; London, Vera C. M.; Brooke, Christopher (2001). The Heads of Religious Houses, England and Wales, 940-1216 (Second ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-80452-3.
- O'Donovan, M. A. (1988). Charters of Sherborne. Anglo-Saxon Charters III. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-726051-9.