Wihthun[a] (died c. 808) was an early medieval Bishop of Selsey.
Wihthun | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Selsey | |
| Appointed | c. 789 |
| Term ended | between 805 and 811 |
| Predecessor | Tota |
| Successor | Æthelwulf |
| Personal details | |
| Died | between 805 and 811 |
| Denomination | Christian |
Life edit
Wihthun seems to have been appointed bishop in 789, as he appears last among the bishops in the witness list of a charter issued by Osfrith, King of Mercia, to Wærmund, Bishop of Rochester in that year.
Wihthun's last datable subscriptions are to two charters of 805: a grant by Cuthred, King of Kent, to Archbishop Wulfred,[1] and a grant by Coenwulf, King of Mercia, and Cuthred, King of Kent, to a priest called Wulfhard.[2] He also witnessed a grant from between 805 and 807 by Cuthred, King of Kent, to Æthelnoth, praefectus.[1]
Wihthun died sometime after 805 and before 811.[3]
Notes edit
- ^ Sometimes Wehthun or Withun
Citations edit
- ^ a b Anglo-Saxons.net Charters S41 accessed on 25 August 2007
- ^ Anglo-Saxons.net Charters S161 accessed on 25 August 2007
- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 221
References edit
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- Kelly, S. E. (1998). Charters of Selsey. Anglo-Saxon Charters 6.
Further reading edit
- Barker, Eric (1947). "Sussex Anglo-Saxon Charters, part 1". Sussex Archaeological Collections. 86: 42–101. doi:10.5284/1085707.
External links edit
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