Æthelwulf [a]was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Selsey.
Æthelwulf of Selsey | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Selsey | |
| Appointed | before 811 |
| Term ended | between 816 and 824 |
| Predecessor | Wihthun |
| Successor | Cynered |
| Personal details | |
| Died | between 816 and 824 |
| Denomination | Christian |
Æthelwulf was in office in AD811, as he was present at the synod of London in that year.[b] He was still active in 816 when he attended the synod of Chelsea.[2] He attested several Anglo-Saxon Charters:[c]
- S165 - (AD811) Cenwulf granting land to Beornmod.[4]
- S168 - (AD811) Cenwulf selling land to Wulfred.[4]
- S170 - (AD812) Cenwulf granting land to Wulfred.[4]
- S180 - (AD816) Cenwulf granting privileges to Deneberht.[4]
- S201 - (AD851) Beorhtwulf granting land to St Mary's, Worcester.[d][4]
Æthelwulf died between 816 and 824.[6]
Notes
edit- ^ Also Aeðelulf, Aeðeluulf, Aeðelwulf, Atheuulf, Æðelwulf and Æþelwulf
- ^ One of the purposes of the Witenagemot at London (AD811) was to sell lands, in Kent, to Archbishop Wulfred (see charter S168).[1]
- ^ Anglo-Saxon charters listed by Sawyer number[3]
- ^ Most historians believe that charter S201 is spurious.[5]
Citations
edit- ^ Haddan and Stubbs. Councils and Ecclesiastical Documents III. pp. 571-572
- ^ Kelly. Charters of Selsey. p. xc
- ^ AS Charters. Kings College Cambridge
- ^ a b c d e Æthelwulf 8 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England
- ^ S 201. Esawyer. KCL
- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 221
References
edit- Æthelwulf 8 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England
- "Esawyer". London: King's College London. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- "Anglo-Saxon Charters". London: King's College London. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- Haddan, Arthur West; Stubbs, William (1871). Councils and Ecclesiastical Documents Relating to Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. III. London: Macmillan and Son.
- Kelly, S.E (1998). Anglo-Saxon Charters VI, Charters of Selsey. OUP for the British Academy. ISBN 0-19-726175-2.
Further reading
edit- Barker, Eric (1947). "Sussex Anglo-Saxon Charters, part 1". Sussex Archaeological Collections. 86: 42–101. doi:10.5284/1085707.
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