Wighelm

Wighelm
Bishop of Selsey
Appointed	before 909
Term ended	between 909 and 925
Predecessor	Guthheard
Successor	Beornheah
Personal details
Died	between 909 and 925
Denomination	Christian

Wighelm is a probable Bishop of Selsey.

Wighelm's see is uncertain, but as he is the sole episcopal witness on a charter, involving land in the area, suggests that he had authority in Sussex. ^{[1] [2]}

Wighelm died sometime between 909 and 925. ^[3]

Citations

1. Kelly Charters of Selsey p. xci and pp. 65-67
2. Anglo-Saxons.net Charters S1206 accessed on 25 August 2007
3. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 221

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.
• Kelly, S. E. (1998). Charters of Selsey. Anglo-Saxon Charters VI. Oxford University Press. ISBN   0-19-726175-2.

Further reading

• Barker, Eric (1947). "Sussex Anglo-Saxon Charters, part 1". Sussex Archaeological Collections. 86: 42–101. doi: 10.5284/1085707 .

External links

• Wighelm 13 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

Christian titles
Preceded by Guthheard	Bishop of Selsey c. 909 - c. 912	Succeeded by Beornheah