Aelfwold II

Aelfwold II

__NOTOC__Infobox bishopbiog
name = Aelfwold II


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Crediton
Title = Bishop of Crediton
Period = c987–c1012
Predecessor = Ælfric
Successor =Aelfwold III
ordination =
bishops =
post =
date of birth =
place of birth =
date of death =between 1011 and 1015
place of death =

Aelfwold (or Ælfweald or Ælfwold) was a medieval Bishop of Crediton.

He was a Benedictine monk at Glastonbury AbbeyKnowles "Monastic Order" p. 65 footnote 65] before he was elected to Crediton between 986 and 987. He died between sometime before a time frame between 1011 and 1015.Frye "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 215] His 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 of England to Aelfwold.Chaplais "Royal Anglo-Saxon 'Chancery'" "Studies in Medieval History" p. 45]

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* [http://www.pase.ac.uk/pase/apps/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?personKey=17862 Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Ælfwald]

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ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Ælfweald; Ælfwold
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