Guthheard

Guthheard (or Guðheard) was a medieval Bishop of Selsey.

Guthheard
Bishop of Selsey
Appointed	before 845
Term ended	after 863
Predecessor	Cynered
Successor	Wighelm
Personal details
Died	between 860 and 900
Denomination	Christian

Guthheard's only certain date is 845, when he witnessed a grant by Werenberht to Werheard.^[1]

Guthheard may also have witnessed a charter from 860 that was subsequently altered.^[2]

Guthheard died after the time period of 860 to 863, and sometime before 900.^[3]

Citations

1. Anglo-Saxons.net Charters S1194 accessed on 25 August 2007
2. Anglo-Saxons.net Charters S327 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.

Further reading

• Barker, Eric (1947). "Sussex Anglo-Saxon Charters, part 1". Sussex Archaeological Collections. 86: 42–101. doi:10.5284/1085707.
• Kelly, S. E. (1998). Charters of Selsey. Anglo-Saxon Charters 6.

External links

• Guthheard 4 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

Christian titles
Preceded by Cynered	Bishop of Selsey c. 845 - c. 869	Succeeded by Wighelm