- Ælfmær
Infobox bishopbiog
name = Ælfmær
religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Selsey
Title =Bishop of Selsey
Period = 1009–1031
Predecessor =Ordbriht
Successor =Æthelric I
ordination =
bishops =
post =Abbot of Tavistock
date of birth =
place of birth =
date of death =circa 1031
place of death =Ælfmær was an Anglo-Saxon
Bishop of Selsey .Life
Perhaps previously a
monk atGlastonbury Abbey and then abbot ofTavistock Abbey ,Knowles "Heads of Religious Houses" p. 71] Ælfmær was Bishop of Selsey by 1011, and was dead by 1032, when his successor witnessed a charter [ [http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+964 Anglo-Saxons.net Charters S964] accessed on 25 August 2007] of King Cnut. [Kelly "Charters of Selsey"]It is curious, however, that he supposedly attested a charter of Cnut dated 1033. [ [http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+969 Anglo-Saxons.net Charters S969] accessed on 25 August 2007] The probable explanation is that Ælfmær witnessed the conveyance itself, which took place in 1032, but the charter recording the transaction was not prepared until 1033. [O'Donovan "Charters of Sherborne"]
According to the "Handbook of British Chronology", he became bishop between 1007 and 1011, and died about 1031.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 221]
Notes
References
* Kelly, S. E. 1998. Charters of Selsey. "Anglo-Saxon Charters" 6
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* O'Donovan, M. A. 1988. Charters of Sherborne. "Anglo-Saxon Charters" 3
*External links
* [http://www.pase.ac.uk/pase/apps/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?personKey=14578 Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Ælfmær]
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