Ælfwold II
For the king of Northumbria, see Ælfwald II of Northumbria.
| Ælfwold II | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Crediton | |
| Church | Catholic |
| See | Diocese of Crediton |
| In office | c987–c1012 |
| Predecessor | Ælfric |
| Successor | Aelfwold III |
| Personal details | |
| Died | between 1011 and 1015 |
Ælfwold (or Ælfweald or Aelfwold) was a medieval Bishop of Crediton.
He was a Benedictine monk at Glastonbury Abbey[1] before he was elected to Crediton between 986 and 987. He died between sometime before a time frame between 1011 and 1015.[2]
Will
Ælfwold's will is still extant, and the hand drawing up the will matches the hand that drew up a charter of 997 from King Æthelred II to Ælfwold.[3]
In his will, Ælfwold freed all the slaves that had worked on his estates, suggesting the existence of slavery in Anglo-Saxon England, was tempered by the need to free such slaves on death.[4]
Notes
- ↑ Knowles Monastic Order p. 65 footnote 65
- ↑ Frye Handbook of British Chronology p. 215
- ↑ Chaplais "Royal Anglo-Saxon 'Chancery'" Studies in Medieval History p. 45
- ↑ Robert Lacey and Danny Danziger: The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium, Chptr 2 February, Little, Brown, 2000 ISBN 0-316-51157-9
References
- Chaplais, Pierre (1985). Mayr-Harting, Henry and R. I. Moore, ed. The Royal Anglo-Saxon 'Chancery' of the Tenth Century Revisited. Studies in Medieval History Presented to R. H. C. Davis. London: Hambledon Press. pp. 41–51. ISBN 0-907628-68-0.
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- Knowles, David (1976). The Monastic Order in England: A History of its Development from the Times of St. Dunstan to the Fourth Lateran Council, 940-1216 (Second Edition, reprint ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-05479-6.
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| Catholic Church titles | ||
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| Preceded by Ælfric |
Bishop of Crediton c987–c1011 |
Succeeded by Aelfwold III |
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