Ælfmær
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Ælfmær was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Selsey.
Perhaps previously a monk at Glastonbury Abbey and then Abbot of Tavistock, Ælfmær was Bishop of Selsey by 1011, and was dead by 1032, when his successor witnessed a charter [1] of King Cnut [1].
It is curious, however, that he supposedly attested a charter of Cnut dated 1033 [2]. 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 [2].
[edit] References
- ^ Kelly, S. E. 1998. Charters of Selsey. Anglo-Saxon Charters 6
- ^ O'Donovan, M. A. 1988. Charters of Sherborne. Anglo-Saxon Charters 3
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