Headda

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Headda
Bishop of Lichfield and of Leicester
Diocese	Dioceses of Lichfield and of Leicester
Installed	c. 691 (Lichfield) c. 709 (Leicester)
Term 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]

Notes

↑ For "Sidnacester", see Bishop of Lindsey

Citations

↑ 1.0 1.1 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
		Succeeded by Aldwine
Preceded by Wilfrid	Bishop of Leicester 709–c721

v t e Bishops of Leicester

Medieval diocesans	Cuthwine Wilfrid Headda Aldwine Torhthelm Eadbeorht Unwona Wernbeorht Hræthhun Ealdred Ceobred see removed to Dorchester

Modern suffragans	Francis Thicknesse Lewis Clayton Norman Lang diocese created

Modern diocesans	Cyril Bardsley Guy Smith Ronald Williams Richard Rutt Tom Butler Tim Stevens

v t e Bishops of Lichfield and Coventry

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

Lichfield & Coventry	Rowland Lee Richard Sampson Ralph Baines Thomas Bentham William Overton George Abbot Richard Neile John Overall Thomas Morton Robert Wright Accepted Frewen John Hacket Thomas Wood William Lloyd John Hough Edward Chandler Richard Smalbroke The Hon Frederick Cornwallis John Egerton Brownlow North Richard Hurd The Hon James Cornwallis The Hon Henry Ryder Samuel Butler

Lichfield	Samuel Butler James Bowstead John Lonsdale George Selwyn William Maclagan The Hon Augustus Legge John Kempthorne Edward Woods Stretton Reeve Kenneth Skelton Keith Sutton Jonathan Gledhill

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

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