Wigmund (archbishop of York)

Wigmund
Archbishop of York
Gold solidus of Wigmund
Elected	837
Term ended	854
Predecessor	Wulfsige
Successor	Wulfhere
Orders
Consecration	837
Personal details
Died	854

Wigmund was a medieval Archbishop of York, who was consecrated in 837 and died in 854. ^[1]

Coinage

Styca of Wigmund: moneyer Edilveard

Styca of Wigmund: moneyer Coenred - found in Norfolk

During the ninth century, both kings of Northumbria and archbishops of York minted styca coinage. ^[2] The historian Stewart Lyon estimated that Wigmund produced coinage from between 837 and 846. ^[3] The coins issued by Wigmund were minted by a number of moneyers, including Aethelweard, Hunlaf and Coenred. ^[2] Unique and separate from the copper-alloy, mass-produced stycas, is a gold solidus, produced by Wigmund potentially as an ecclesiastical gift. ^[4]

Citations

1. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 224
2. Pirie, Elizabeth J. E. (Elizabeth Jean Elphinstone), 1932-2005. (1996). Coins of the Kingdom of Northumbria c.700-867 in the Yorkshire collections : the Yorkshire Museum, York, the University of Leeds, the City Museum, Leeds. Llanfyllin, Powys: Galata. ISBN   0-9516671-4-9. OCLC   38338882.
3. Kay, Richard (1 January 1983). "Wulfsige and Ninth-Century Northumbrian Chronology" . Northern History. 19 (1): 8–14. doi:10.1179/nhi.1983.19.1.8. ISSN   0078-172X.
4. Pirie, E J E (2006). "The Coinage of Northumbria, 670-876". Coinage And History in the North Sea World, C. AD 500-1250: Essays in Honour of Marion Archibald. Brill. p. 216. ISBN   9789004147775.

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.

External links

• Wigmund 6 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

Christian titles
Preceded by Wulfsige	Archbishop of York 837-854	Succeeded by Wulfhere