Æthelric I

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Æthelric

Denomination	Catholic
Senior posting
See	Diocese of Selsey
Title	Bishop of Selsey
Period in office	1032–1038
Predecessor	Ælfmær
Successor	Grimketel
Personal
Date of death	1038

Æthelric I was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Selsey.

Contents 1 Life 2 Notes 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Life

Perhaps previously a monk at Christ Church Canterbury, Æthelric I was probably Bishop of Selsey by 1032, when he witnessed a charter^[1] of King Cnut.^[2] Nothing else is known of his origins.^[3]

But is it curious that his predecessor 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 Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, version D, Æthelric died in 1038: "In this year passed away Archbishop Æthelnoth the Good, also Æthelric, Bishop of Sussex, who desired of God that He would not allow him to outlive his dear father Æthelnoth".

The Handbook of British Chronology gives the dates of his bishopric as 1032 through November or December of 1038.^[6]

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• Garmonsway, G. N. 1953. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
• Kelly, S. E. 1998. Charters of Selsey. Anglo-Saxon Charters 6
• Lawson, M. K. Cnut: England's Viking King Stroud: Tempus 2004 ISBN 0-7524-2964-7
• 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 Æthelric

Roman Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Ælfmær	Bishop of Selsey 1032–1038	Succeeded by Grimketel

Persondata
NAME	Æthelric
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Æthelric I
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Selsey
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH	1038
PLACE OF DEATH