Ethelric

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name =Ethelric


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Durham
Title = Bishop of Durham
Period = 1042–1056
Predecessor = Eadred
Successor =Ethelwin
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date of death =15 October 1072
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Eathelric (or Æthelric) was Bishop of Durham from 1041 to 1056 when he resigned.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 216]

He was a monk at Peterborough Abbey before Bishop Eadmund of Durham brought him to Durham to instruct the Durham monks in monastic life.Fletcher "Bloodfeud" p. 137] Ethelric was consecrated as bishop on 11 January 1041 at York. Ethelric may have owed his advancement to Siward, Earl of Northumbria, who later restored Ethelric to Durham after Ethelric was forced to flee during a quarrel with the Durham monks. Ethelric resigned after a scandal in which he appropriated treasure hoard that was discovered at Chester-le-Street in the process of replacing the old church with a new one.Fletcher "Bloodfeud" p. 156] Ethelric allegedly sent the money to his former monastery of Peterborough to finance some building work there.Mason "The House of Godwine" p. 124-125] His brother, Ethelwin, who had helped Ethelric to appropriate the treasure, succeeded Ethelric as bishop.

Ethelric retired to Peterborough, where he remained until the Norman Conquest.Williams "English and the Norman Conquest" p. 45] He died on 15 October 1072. He was arrested by the King William I of England after May 1070, and died in captivity at Westminster.Fletcher "Bloodfeud" p. 185] Stafford "Unification and Conquest" p. 104]

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References

* Fletcher, Richard "Bloodfeud: Murder and Revenge in Anglo-Saxon England" Oxford: Oxford University Press 2003 ISBN 0-19-516136-X
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* Mason, Emma "The House of Godwine: The History of a Dynasty" London: Hambledon and London 2004 ISBN 1-85285-389-1
* Stafford, Pauline "Unification and Conquest: A Political and Social History of England in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries" London: Edward Arnold 1989 ISBN 0-7131-6532-4
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Bishop of Durham
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DATE OF DEATH=15 October 1072
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