Beorhthelm of Winchester

Beorhthelm
Beorhthelm
Bishop of Winchester
Appointed	after 959
Term ended	before late 963
Predecessor	Ælfsige I
Successor	Æthelwold I
Personal details
Denomination	Christian

Last updated October 30, 2025

Beorhthelm^[a] was Bishop of Winchester sometime between 959, when the previous bishop became Archbishop of Canterbury, and late 963, when the next bishop was consecrated.^[2]

Notes

↑ Also Brihthelm - there is some evidence that he was the same Brihthelm who was Bishop of Selsey between 953 and 963.^[1]

Citations

↑ Foot. The Bishops of Selsey. p. 99
↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 223

References

Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
Foot, Sarah (2011). "The Bishops of Selsey and the Creation of a Diocese for Sussex". In Foster, Paul; Moriarty (eds.). Chichester: The Palace and it's Bishops. Otter Memorial Papers. Vol. 27. Chichester: University of Chichester. ISBN 978-1-907852-03-9.

External links

Beorhthelm 21 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

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Preceded by Ælfsige I	Bishop of Winchester	Succeeded by Æthelwold I

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[2] Also Brihthelm - there is some evidence that he was the same Brihthelm who was Bishop of Selsey between 953 and 963.^[1]

[1] Foot. The Bishops of Selsey. p. 99

[Handbook223-3] Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 223

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v t e Bishops of Winchester
Early Medieval 634–1006	Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester Agilbert, Bishop of Dorchester Wine Leuthere Hædde Daniel Hunfrith Cyneheard Æthelheard Ecgbald Dudd Cyneberht Ealhmund Wigthegn Herefrith (disputed) Eadmund (disputed) Eadhun Helmstan Swithun Ealhferth Tunbeorht Denewulf Frithestan Beornstan/Byrnstan Ælfheah I Ælfsige I Beorhthelm Æthelwold I Ælfheah II	Arms of the Bishop of Winchester
High Medieval 1006–1304	Cenwulf Æthelwold II Ælfsige II Ælfwine Stigand Walkelin William Giffard Henry of Blois Richard of Ilchester Godfrey de Luci Richard Poore Peter des Roches Ralph Neville William de Raley Aymer de Valence Andrew of London William de Taunton John Gervais Nicholas of Ely Robert Burnell Richard de la More John of Pontoise
Late Medieval 1305–1501	Henry Woodlock John Sandale Rigaud of Assier John de Stratford Adam Orleton William Edington William of Wykeham Henry Beaufort William Waynflete Peter Courtenay Thomas Langton
Early Modern 1501–1820	Richard Foxe Thomas Wolsey Stephen Gardiner John Ponet Stephen Gardiner John White Robert Horne John Watson Thomas Cooper William Wickham William Day Thomas Bilson James Montague Lancelot Andrewes Richard Neile Walter Curle Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) Brian Duppa George Morley Peter Mews Jonathan Trelawny Charles Trimnell Richard Willis Benjamin Hoadly John Thomas Brownlow North
Late Modern 1820–current	George Pretyman Tomline Charles Sumner Samuel Wilberforce Harold Browne Anthony Thorold Randall Davidson Herbert Ryle Edward Talbot Theodore Woods Cyril Garbett Mervyn Haigh Alwyn Williams Falkner Allison John Taylor Colin James Michael Scott-Joynt Tim Dakin Philip Mounstephen

Beorhthelm of Winchester

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