Waldhere (bishop)

Waldhere
Bishop of London
Diocese	Diocese of London
Appointed	693
Reign ended	between 705 and 716
Predecessor	Erkenwald
Successor	Ingwald
Orders
Consecration	693
Personal details
Died	between 705 and 716
Denomination	Catholic

Waldhere (or Wealdheri; died between 705 and 716) was an early medieval Bishop of London, England.

Waldhere was consecrated in 693. He died between 705 and 716.^[1] A letter of his, written about 704 to Archbishop Bertwald of Canterbury is still extant, and discusses the tension between King Ine of Wessex and the joint kings of Essex, Sigeheard and Swaefred.^[2]

Notes

^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 219
^ Kirby Earliest English Kings p. 106

References

Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
Kirby, D. P. (2000). The Earliest English Kings. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-24211-8.

External links

Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Wealdhere

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Erkenwald	Bishop of London 693–c. 711	Succeeded by Ingwald

Bishops of London

Post-Augustine	Mellitus Cedd Wine Earconwald Waldhere Ingwald Ecgwulf Wigheah Eadberht Eadgar Coenwalh Eadbald Heathoberht Osmund Æthelnoth Ceolberht Deorwulf Swithwulf Heahstan Wulfsige Æthelweard Leofstan Theodred Brihthelm Dunstan Ælfstan Wulfstan Ælfhun Ælfwig Ælfweard Robert of Jumièges Spearhafoc

Post-Conquest	William the Norman Hugh d'Orevalle Maurice Richard de Beaumis (uncle) Gilbert Universalis Robert de Sigello Richard de Beaumis (nephew) Gilbert Foliot Richard FitzNeal William of Sainte-Mère-Eglise Eustace of Fauconberg Roger Niger Fulk Basset Henry Wingham Richard Talbot Henry of Sandwich John Chishull Fulke Lovell Richard Gravesend Ralph Baldock Gilbert Segrave Richard Newport Stephen Gravesend Richard de Wentworth Ralph Stratford Michael Northburgh Simon Sudbury William Courtenay Robert Braybrooke Roger Walden Nicholas Bubwith Richard Clifford John Kemp William Grey Robert FitzHugh Robert Gilbert Thomas Kempe Richard Hill Thomas Savage William Warham William Barons Richard FitzJames

Post-Reformation	Cuthbert Tunstall John Stokesley Edmund Bonner Nicholas Ridley Edmund Bonner Edmund Grindal Edwin Sandys John Aylmer Richard Fletcher Richard Bancroft Richard Vaughan Thomas Ravis George Abbot John King George Montaigne William Laud William Juxon Gilbert Sheldon Humphrey Henchman Henry Compton John Robinson Edmund Gibson Thomas Sherlock Thomas Hayter Richard Osbaldeston Richard Terrick Robert Lowth Beilby Porteus John Randolph William Howley Charles Blomfield Archibald Tait John Jackson Frederick Temple Mandell Creighton Arthur Winnington-Ingram Geoffrey Fisher William Wand Henry Campbell Robert Stopford Gerald Ellison Graham Leonard David Hope Richard Chartres

Persondata
Name	Waldhere
Alternative names	Wealdheri
Short description	Bishop of London
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	between 705 and 716
Place of death