Ælfwine of Lichfield
| Ælfwine | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Lichfield | |
| See | Diocese of Lichfield |
| Appointed | between 903 and 915 |
| Term ended | between 935 and 941 |
| Predecessor | Wulfred |
| Successor | Wulfgar |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | between 903 and 915 |
| Personal details | |
| Died | between 935 and 941 |
Ælfwine or Ælle (died circa 937) was a medieval Bishop of Lichfield. He was consecrated between 903 and 915 and died between 935 and 941.[1]
Ælfwine appears to have had a close relationship with King Æthelstan. Ælfwine was probably close to Æthelstan before he became king, and consistently attested the king's charters in a more prominent position than his status should have entitled him to. The historian Sarah Foot has suggested that Ælfwine may have been the "Æthelstan A", the name given by historians to the draftsman who crafted unusually detailed charters between 928 and 935, as he ceased witnessing at the same time as the Æthelstan A charters ended.[2]
Citations
References
- Foot, Sarah (2011). Æthelstan: The First King of England. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-12535-1.
- 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.
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| Preceded by Wulfred |
Bishop of Lichfield c. 909–c. 938 |
Succeeded by Wulfgar |
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