Oswulf of Ramsbury

Oswulf
Bishop of Ramsbury
Appointed	between 949 and 951
Term ended	970
Predecessor	Ælfric
Successor	Ælfstan
Orders
Consecration	between 949 and 950
Personal details
Died	970
Denomination	Christian

Oswulf was a medieval Bishop of Ramsbury.

Oswulf was consecrated between 949 and 951. He died in 970. ^[1] In the 940s Ealdorman Ealhhelm was given the lands of the then defunct Evesham Abbey, and on his death they were appropriated by thegn Wulfric and Bishop Oswulf. ^[2]

Citations

1. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 220
2. Williams "Princeps Merciorum gentis" Anglo-Saxon England pp. 145–146

References

• 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.
• Williams, Ann (1982). "Princeps Merciorum gentis: the family, career and connections of Ælfhere, Ealdorman of Mercia, 956-83". Anglo-Saxon England. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press: 143–172. ISBN   0-521-24177-4.

External links

• Oswulf 16 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

Christian titles
Preceded by Ælfric	Bishop of Ramsbury c. 949–970	Succeeded by Ælfstan