Ealdred was a medieval
Bishop of Cornwall
The Bishop of Cornwall was the bishop of a diocese which existed between about 930 and 1050. Nothing is known about bishops in the post-Roman British Kingdom of Cornwall, but by the mid-ninth century Wessex was gaining control over the area, and b ...
. He was consecrated between 981 and a period between 988 and 990. He died between 1002 and 1009.
[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 215]
In 994, King Æthelred of England removed the diocese of Cornwall from the supervision of the bishop of Crediton.
[Barlow ''English Church 100-1066'' p. 212] The diploma granting the liberty of the diocese declares that it was written by
Sigeric
Sigeric (? – 22 August 415) was a Visigoth king for seven days in 415 AD.
Biography
His predecessor, Ataulf, had been mortally wounded in his stables at the palace of Barcelona by an assassin. The assassin was probably a loyal servant of Saru ...
, archbishop of Canterbury, although it is unlikely that it was actually written by his own hand.
[Chaplais "Royal Anglo-Saxon 'Chancery'" ''Studies in Medieval History'' pp. 44-45]
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Bishops of Cornwall
10th-century English bishops
11th-century English Roman Catholic bishops
11th-century deaths
Year of birth unknown
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