Guthheard

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Guthheard
Denomination Catholic
Senior posting
See Diocese of Selsey
Title Bishop of Selsey
Period in office ffl 845
Predecessor Cynered
Successor Wighelm
Personal
Date of death between 860 and 901

Guthheard (or Guðheard) was a medieval Bishop of Selsey.

His only certain date is 845, when he witnessed a grant by Werenberht to Werheard.[1]

He may also have witnessed a charter from 860 that was subsequently altered.[2]

He died after the time period of 860 to 863, and sometime before 900.[3]

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Anglo-Saxons.net Charters S1194 accessed on August 25, 2007
  2. ^ Anglo-Saxons.net Charters S327 accessed on August 25, 2007
  3. ^ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 221

[edit] Sources

  • Barker, E. 1947. Sussex Anglo-Saxon Charters, part 1. Sussex Archælogical Collections 86: 42-101
  • Kelly, S. E. 1998. Charters of Selsey. Anglo-Saxon Charters 6.
  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology, Third Edition, revised, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X. 

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Roman Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Cynered
Bishop of Selsey Succeeded by
Wighelm
Persondata
NAME Guthheard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Guðheard
SHORT DESCRIPTION Bishop of Selsey
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH