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Æthelric (other)
Æthelric (also: Aethelric or Ethelric) is a masculine Anglo-Saxon name that may refer to: * Æthelric (bishop of Dorchester) (died 1034), Bishop of Dorcester * Æthelric (bishop of Durham) (''fl.'' 1042–1072), Bishop of Durham, once thought to have been an archbishop of York * Æthelric (bishop of Sherborne) (''fl.'' ''c.'' 1001–''c.'' 1011), Bishop of Sherborne * Æthelric of Bernicia (''fl.'' 568–572), King of Bernicia * Æthelric of Deira (''fl. c.'' 589/599–c. 604), King of Deira * Æthelric of Hwicce (''fl.'' 692–736), King of Hwicce * Æthelric son of Æthelmund (''fl.'' 804–after 804), Ealdorman of Hwicce * Æthelric I (''fl. c.'' 1032–1038), Bishop of Selsey * Æthelric II Æthelric (died ) was the second to last medieval List of bishops of Chichester and precursor offices, Bishop of Selsey in England before the see was moved to Chichester. Consecration, Consecrated a bishop in 1058, he was deposed in 1070 for unk ... (''fl. c.'' 1058–''c.'' 1076), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Æthelric (bishop Of Dorchester)
__NOTOC__ Æthelric (or Brihtmær) was a medieval Bishop of Dorchester, when the town was seat of the united dioceses of Lindsey and Dorchester. Æthelric was consecrated in 1016 and died on 8 December 1034.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 215 When Æthelric was young, he was educated at Abingdon Abbey. A story about him claims that one day he and three other boys caused trouble by ringing the bell very hard. The bell cracked, and it was very expensive to replace. When the abbot learned what happened, he decided to pardon them because they were young aristocrats and when they were older, they were likely to pay far more than the value of this bell in gifts to the monastery. In another story, when Æthelric was bishop during the time of King Cnut Cnut ( ; ; – 12 November 1035), also known as Canute and with the epithet the Great, was King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018, and King of Norway from 1028 until his death in 1035. The three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Æthelric (bishop Of Durham)
__NOTOC__ Æthelric (or Ethelric; died 1072) was Bishop of Durham from 1041 to 1056 when he resigned.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 216 Æthelric was a monk at Peterborough Abbey before Bishop Eadmund of Durham brought him to Durham to instruct the Durham monks in monastic life.Fletcher ''Bloodfeud'' p. 137 Æthelric was consecrated as bishop on 11 January 1041 at York. Æthelric may have owed his advancement to Siward, Earl of Northumbria, who later restored Æthelric to Durham after Æthelric was forced to flee during a quarrel with the Durham monks. Two reasons are given for why Æthelric resigned his see.Kapelle ''Norman Conquest of the North'' pp. 89–90 One story has it happening after a scandal in which he appropriated treasure hoard that was discovered at Chester-le-Street in the process of replacing the old church with a new one.Fletcher ''Bloodfeud'' p. 156 Æthelric allegedly sent the money to his former monastery of Peterborough to finance some bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Æthelric (bishop Of Sherborne)
__NOTOC__ Æthelric (or Athelric) was a medieval Bishop of Sherborne The Bishop of Sherborne is an episcopal title which takes its name from the market town of Sherborne in Dorset, England. The see of Sherborne was established in around 705 by St Aldhelm, the Abbot of Malmesbury. This see was the mother diocese .... Æthelric was consecrated in 1002. He died between 1011 and 1012.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 222 Citations References * External links * Bishops of Sherborne (ancient) 1010s deaths 11th-century English Roman Catholic bishops Year of birth unknown Year of death uncertain {{England-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Æthelric Of Bernicia
Aethelric or Æþelric was the fourth-known king of the Kingdom of Bernicia which he ruled from 568 to 572. Aethelric was one of the sons of Ida of Bernicia, founder of the kingdom. During his reign the Bernicians met the Britons in three important battles, the first on the offensive, the others on the defensive.Leonard Dutton, ''The Anglo-Saxon kingdoms: the power struggles from Hengist to Ecgberht'' (1993), p. 108 He was the father of Æthelfrith, who was the first monarch to rule both Bernicia and Deira, the two constituent parts of what came to be considered Northumbria Northumbria () was an early medieval Heptarchy, kingdom in what is now Northern England and Scottish Lowlands, South Scotland. The name derives from the Old English meaning "the people or province north of the Humber", as opposed to the Sout .... Notes External links * 572 deaths Anglo-Saxon warriors Bernician monarchs History of Northumberland 6th-century English monarchs Year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Æthelric Of Deira
Æthelric (died ''c''. 604?) was supposedly a King of Deira (''c''. 589/599–''c''. 604). He is thought to have succeeded Ælla of Deira, but his existence is historically obscure. Manuscript A of the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' reports that Ælle, king of Deira, was succeeded by Æthelric in 588, who reigned for five years. According to Bede, Deira was invaded and taken over by Æthelfrith of Bernicia Bernicia () was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom established by Anglian settlers of the 6th century in what is now southeastern Scotland and North East England. The Anglian territory of Bernicia was approximately equivalent to the modern English cou ... in about the year 604.Bede, ''Historia Ecclesiastica'', I.34, III.6; ''Historia Brittonum'', chapter 61. The circumstances of this are unclear, and Æthelric's fate is unknown. The fact that Edwin, a son of Ælla and possibly Æthelric's brother, had to flee into exile suggests that Deira may have been conquered by Æthelfrith, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Æthelric Of Hwicce
Æthelric was a king of the Hwicce and son of Oshere; it is possible that he reigned jointly with Æthelheard, Æthelweard, and Æthelberht. He is known from charters. In 692 he witnessed a charter of Æthelred, King of MerciS 75 together with Æthelheard, Æthelweard, and Æthelberht, and in 693 the four brothers witnessed a charter issued by their father Osherebr>S 53 In 706S 1174, he granted land with consent of Cenred, King of Mercia The Kingdom of Mercia was a state in the English Midlands from the 6th century to the 10th century. For some two hundred years from the mid-7th century onwards it was the dominant member of the Heptarchy and consequently the most powerful of the ...; then in 736S 89, as ''Æthilric subregulus'', he witnessed a charter of Æthelbald, King of Mercia; and in an undated charterS 94, he received a grant himself from the same king. His kinsman thegn Osred received a grant in 743 from king Æthelbald in charteS 99 Notes External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Æthelric Son Of Æthelmund
Æthelric was an Earldorman. He is thought to have succeeded his father, Æthelmund, as Ealdorman of Hwicce. He is first mentioned in a charter dated 804, where he bequeaths various parcels of land to his mother, Ceolburh, to revert to the Church after her death. He also appears in a dispute dated 824 between Heahbeorht, Bishop of Worcester and a family living in Berkeley, Gloucestershire regarding land in Westbury-on-Trym, which he rules to be given to the church. See also *Hwicce Hwicce () was a kingdom in Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon England. According to the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'', the kingdom was established in 577, after the Battle of Deorham. After 628, the kingdom became a client or sub-kingdom of Mercia as a result ... References External links * S 1187 Anglo-Saxon ealdormen 9th-century English people {{UK-noble-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Æthelric I
Æthelric I (died 1038) was an Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Selsey. Life Perhaps previously a monk at Christ Church Priory, Christ Church Canterbury, Æthelric was probably Bishop of Selsey by 1032, when he witnessed a charter of King Canute the Great, Cnut. Nothing else is known of his origins.Lawson ''Cnut'' p. 137 But is it curious that Æthelric's predecessor supposedly attested a charter of Cnut dated 1033. The probable explanation is that Ælfmær (Bishop of Selsey), 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'' pp. 72-73 According to the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'', version D, Æthelric died in 1038: "In this year died 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Æthelric II
Æthelric (died ) was the second to last medieval List of bishops of Chichester and precursor offices, Bishop of Selsey in England before the see was moved to Chichester. Consecration, Consecrated a bishop in 1058, he was deposed in 1070 for unknown reasons and then imprisoned by King William I of England. He was considered one of the best legal experts of his time, and was even brought from his prison to attend the trial on Penenden Heath where he gave testimony about English law before the Norman Conquest of England. Early life Æthelric was a monk at Canterbury Cathedral, Christ Church Priory at Canterbury prior to his becoming a bishop.Barlow ''Edward the Confessor'' p. 198 Several historians opine that he might have been the same as the Æthelric who was a monk of Canterbury and a relative of Godwin, Earl of Wessex. That Æthelric was elected by the monks of Canterbury to be Archbishop of Canterbury in 1050, but was not confirmed by King Edward the Confessor who insisted on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |