Eadberht of Selsey

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name =Eadberht


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Selsey
Title = Bishop of Selsey
Period = about 725
Predecessor = new foundation
Successor =Eolla
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Eadberht of Selsey was an Abbot of Selsey Abbey, later promoted to become the first Bishop of Selsey, though neither the date of his consecration nor of his death are known. [Kelly, S. E. (1998). Charters of Selsey. "Anglo-Saxon Charters" p. 6] He was consecrated sometime between 709 and 716, and died between 716 and 731.cite book |author=Fryde, E. B. |coauthors=Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. |title=Handbook of British Chronology|edition=Third Edition, revised |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |year=1996 |isbn=0-521-56350-X |pages=p. 221]

As Abbot he received, around 700, a grant [ [http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+1173 Anglo-Saxons.net Charters S1173] accessed on 25 August 2007] of land from Bryni, Ealdorman of Sussex, that was witnessed by Kings Noðhelm and Watt.

As Bishop he was the purported beneficiary of a charter, [ [http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+43 Anglo-Saxons.net Charters S43] accessed on 25 August 2007] dated by Birch about 725, from King Noðhelm, witnessed by King Watt. But this charter is now believed to be a forgery from the late 10th century or early 11th century, and is therefore of no value.

Eadberht also appears as a witness to an undated charter of Noðhelm, [ [http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+44 Anglo-Saxons.net Charters S44] accessed on 25 August 2007] together with Osric and Eolla. The charter can be approximately dated to some point between about 705 and 717.

His last appearance is as a witness to a confirmation, dated 716, of a charter of Wihtred, King of Kent. [ [http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+22 Anglo-Saxons.net Charters S22] accessed on 25 August 2007]

ee also

*Kings of Sussex
*Kingdom of Sussex

References

External links

* [http://www.pase.ac.uk/pase/apps/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?personKey=2892 Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Eadberht]

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ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Eadbeorht, Eadbertus
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