Ælfmær

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Ælfmær

Denomination	Catholic
Senior posting
See	Diocese of Selsey
Title	Bishop of Selsey
Period in office	1009–1031
Predecessor	Ordbriht
Successor	Æthelric I
Religious career
Previous post	Abbot of Tavistock
Personal
Date of death	circa 1031

Ælfmær was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Selsey.

Contents 1 Life 2 Notes 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Life

Perhaps 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^[2] of King Cnut.^[3]

It is curious, however, that he 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, he became bishop between 1007 and 1011, and died about 1031.^[6]

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• Kelly, S. E. 1998. Charters of Selsey. Anglo-Saxon Charters 6
• Knowles, David; London, Vera C. M.; Brooke, Christopher (2001). The Heads of Religious Houses, England and Wales, 940-1216, Second Edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-80452-3. 
• O'Donovan, M. A. 1988. Charters of Sherborne. Anglo-Saxon Charters 3
• Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology, Third Edition, revised, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X. 

[edit] External links

• Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Ælfmær

Roman Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Ordbriht	Bishop of Selsey 1009–c1031	Succeeded by Æthelric I

Persondata
NAME	Ælfmær
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Selsey
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH	c.1031
PLACE OF DEATH