Æthelric I

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name = Æthelric


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Selsey
Title = Bishop of Selsey
Period = 1032–1038
Predecessor = Ælfmær
Successor =Grimketel
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date of death =1038
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Æthelric I was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Selsey.

Life

Perhaps previously a monk at Christ Church Canterbury, Æthelric I was probably Bishop of Selsey by 1032, when he 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"] Nothing else is known of his origins.Lawson "Cnut" p. 137]

But is it curious that his predecessor 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 Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, version D, Æthelric died in 1038: "In this year passed away Archbishop Æthelnoth the Good, also Æthelric, Bishop of Sussex, who desired of God that He would not allow him to outlive his dear father Æthelnoth".

The "Handbook of British Chronology" gives the dates of his bishopric as 1032 through November or December of 1038.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 221] The historian Frank Barlow felt that he was the ultimate source for information Eadmer gathered about Saint Dunstan.Barlow "English Church 1000-1066" p. 74] Barlow also felt that Æthelric was a member of Dunstan's reforming group.Barlow "English Church 1000-1066" p. 222]

Notes

References

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* Garmonsway, G. N. 1953. "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle"
* Kelly, S. E. 1998. Charters of Selsey. "Anglo-Saxon Charters" 6
* Lawson, M. K. "Cnut: England's Viking King" Stroud: Tempus 2004 ISBN 0-7524-2964-7
* O'Donovan, M. A. 1988. Charters of Sherborne. "Anglo-Saxon Charters" 3
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External links

* [http://www.pase.ac.uk/pase/apps/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?personKey=11874 Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Æthelric]

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