Oswulf of Ramsbury

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

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

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


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