Wighelm is a probable Bishop of Selsey.
Wighelm | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Selsey | |
| Appointed | before 909 |
| Term ended | between 909 and 925 |
| Predecessor | Guthheard |
| Successor | Beornheah |
| Personal details | |
| Died | between 909 and 925 |
| Denomination | Christian |
Wighelm's see is uncertain, but as he is the sole episcopal witness on a charter, involving land in the area, suggests that he had authority in Sussex.[1][2]
Wighelm died sometime between 909 and 925.[3]
Citations
edit- ^ Kelly Charters of Selsey p. xci and pp. 65-67
- ^ Anglo-Saxons.net Charters S1206 accessed on 25 August 2007
- ^ 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.
Further reading
edit- Barker, Eric (1947). "Sussex Anglo-Saxon Charters, part 1". Sussex Archaeological Collections. 86: 42–101. doi:10.5284/1085707.
External links
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