Oswulf | |
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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. 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.
Citations
- Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 220
- 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.
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Preceded byÆlfric | Bishop of Ramsbury c. 949–970 |
Succeeded byÆlfstan |
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