Oswulf of Ramsbury

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Oswulf
Bishop of Ramsbury
Appointedbetween 949 and 951
Term ended970
Predecessor Ælfric
Successor Ælfstan
Orders
Consecrationbetween 949 and 950
Personal details
Died970
DenominationChristian

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]

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

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