EPISCOPAL
SUCCESSION
IN ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND
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Episcopal succession
DORCHESTER-on-THAMES
<For the earliest bishops at Dorchester, see under the West Saxons. EpLists (5).> <Art. by Doggett in Oxoniensia 51 (1986), 49-61, cited DND, Variorum 2, IX p. 19 n.; Yorke, p. 338.>
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Bishops |
Accession |
Death or translation |
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ÆTLA, from Whitby |
? 660 |
? |
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As a bishopric for the Middle Angles, transferred from Leicester | ||
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ALHHEARD |
869 x 888 |
893 x 896 |
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WIGMUND or WILFERTH |
893 x 900 |
903 x 909 |
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CENWULF |
c. 909 |
909 x 925 |
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WYNSIGE |
909 x 925 |
934 x 945 |
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ÆTHELWALD |
934 x 945 |
949 x 950 |
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OSKETEL |
949 x 950 |
York from 959, d. 31 Oct./1 Nov. 971 |
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? WULFRIC |
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LEOFWINE, bp of Lindsey |
971 |
971 x 975 |
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ÆLFNOTH |
971 x 975 |
975 x 979 |
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ÆSCWIG |
975 x 979 |
23 Apr. 1002 |
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ÆLFHELM |
1002 |
1007 x 1009 |
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EADNOTH I, abbot of Ramsey |
1007 x 1009 |
18 Oct. 1016 (killed at the battle of Assandun) |
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ÆTHELRIC (?Brihtmær) |
1016 |
8 Dec. 1034 |
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EADNOTH II |
1034 |
18 or 19 Sept. 1049 |
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ULF, royal priest |
1049 |
susp. at Council of Vercelli 1050, expelled 14 Sept. 1052 |
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WULFWIG, royal priest |
1053 |
1067 |
NOTES. Ætla: HE iv.23. Alhheard: ASC 896. Wigmund: basic details and references. Cenwulf: basic details and references. Wynsige: basic details and references. Æthelwald: basic details and references. Osketel: attested charters of Eadwig until the division of the kingdom in 957, as bishop of Dorchester and acting [arch]bishop of York (in succession to Wulfstan); died on eve of All Saints (cf. John of Worcester). Wulfric: basic details and references. Leofwine: bp of Lindsey by 953; united Lindsey and Dorchester 971. Ælfnoth: monk of the Old Minster (Liber Vitae of the New Minster). Æscwig: monk of the Old Minster (Liber Vitae of the New Minster). Ælfhelm: basic details and references. Eadnoth I: basic details and references. Æthelric: ? also called Brihtmær (S 968). Eadnoth II: Liber Vitae of the New Minster. Ulf: basic details and references. Wulfwig: basic details and references.
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