__NOTOC__ Sideman (or Sidemann) was a medieval

Bishop of Crediton The Bishop of Crediton is an episcopal title which takes its name from the town of Crediton in Devon, England. The title was originally used by the Anglo-Saxons in the 10th and 11th centuries for a diocese covering Devon and Cornwall. It is now ...

. Sideman was elected to Crediton in 973. He died on 30 April or 1 May or 2 May in 977.Fryde ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 215 According to

Byrhtferth Byrhtferth ( ang, Byrhtferð; ) was a priest and monk who lived at Ramsey Abbey in Huntingdonshire (now part of Cambridgeshire) in England. He had a deep impact on the intellectual life of later Anglo-Saxon England and wrote many computistic, h ...

of Ramsey, Sideman was a protégé of Ælfhere, ealdorman of Mercia. The same source says that

Edward the Martyr Edward ( ang, Eadweard, ; 18 March 978), often called the Martyr, was King of the English from 975 until he was murdered in 978. Edward was the eldest son of King Edgar, but was not his father's acknowledged heir. On Edgar's death, the leader ...

was fostered by Sideman for a time before Edward's father's death.Hart "Edward t Edward; called Edward the Martyr(c.962–978)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' He died at a Royal council held at

Kirtlington Kirtlington is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in Oxfordshire about west of Bicester. The parish includes the Hamlet (place), hamlet of Northbrook. The United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 Census recorded the parish's populat ...

in Oxfordshire in 977 and was buried at

Abingdon Abbey Abingdon Abbey ( '' " St Mary's Abbey " '' ) was a Benedictine monastery located in the centre of Abingdon-on-Thames beside the River Thames. The abbey was founded c.675 AD in honour of The Virgin Mary. The Domesday Book of 1086 informs ...

in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire).

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* Bishops of Crediton (ancient) 10th-century English bishops 977 deaths Year of birth unknown {{England-bishop-stub