Headda

Headda
Bishop of Lichfield and of Leicester
Diocese	Dioceses of Lichfield and of Leicester
Enthroned	c. 691 (Lichfield) c. 709 (Leicester)
Reign ended	c. 721 (death)
Predecessor	Seaxwulf (Lichfield) Wilfrid (Leicester)
Successor	Aldwine
Orders
Consecration	691
Personal details
Died	c. 721
Nationality	Anglo-Saxon
Denomination	Roman Catholic

Headda (or Headdus or Eatheadus of Sidnacester; died circa 721) was a medieval Bishop of Lichfield.^{[Note 1]}

Headda was consecrated in 691 and died between 716 and 727.^[1] He held the see of Leicester along with Lichfield.^[1] In 706 Headda consecrated the new church constructed at Crowland by Guthlac.^[2]

Prior to Headda's consecration, he had "almost certainly" been abbot of the monastery at Breedon, in Leicestershire, before which he may also have been a monk at Medeshamstede.^[3]

Note

^ For "Sidnacester", see Bishop of Lindsey

Citations

^ ^a ^b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 218
^ Stenton Anglo-Saxon England pp. 49–50.
^ Kelly Charters of Peterborough Abbey pp. 71–75

References

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. (editor) (2009). Charters of Peterborough Abbey. Anglo-Saxon Charters 14. Oxford University Press.
Stenton, F. M. (1971). Anglo-Saxon England (Third ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-280139-5.

External links

Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Headda

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Seaxwulf	Bishop of Lichfield 691–c721	Succeeded by Aldwine
Preceded by Wilfrid	Bishop of Leicester 709–c721	Succeeded by Aldwine

Bishops of Lichfield (before the Reformation)

Mercia	Diuma • Ceollach • Trumhere • Jaruman • Chad (Bishop of the Mercians and Lindsey People)

Lichfield	Chad (Bishop of the Mercians and Lindsey People) • Winfrith • Seaxwulf • Headda • Aldwine • Witta • Hemele • Cuthfrith • Berhthun • Hygeberht (Archbishop of Lichfield) • Ealdwulf • Herewine • Æthelwold • Hunberght • Cynefrith • Tunberht • Wulfsige • Burgheard • Wulfred • Wigmund • Ælfwine • Wulfgar • Cynesige • Wynsige • Elphege • Godwin • Leofgar • Brihtmær • Wulfsige • Leofwin • Peter (Bishop of Chester)

Coventry	Robert de Limesey (Bishop of Chester) • Robert Peche • Roger de Clinton • Walter Durdent • Richard Peche • Gerard la Pucelle • Hugh Nonant • Geoffrey de Muschamp • William de Cornhill • Alexander de Stavenby

Coventry & Lichfield	Alexander de Stavenby • Hugh de Pateshull • Roger Weseham • Roger de Meyland • Walter Langton • Roger Northburgh • Robert de Stretton • Walter Skirlaw • Richard le Scrope • John Burghill • John Catterick • James Cary • William Heyworth • William Booth • Nicholas Close • Reginald Boulers • John Hales • William Smyth • John Arundel • Geoffrey Blythe • Rowland Lee

Persondata
Name	Headda
Alternative names	Headdi; Eatheadus of Sidnacester
Short description	Bishop of Lichfield; Bishop of Leicester
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	between 716 and 721
Place of death