Beornheah

Beornheah was a Bishop of Selsey.

Beornheah
Bishop of Selsey
Appointed	909
Term ended	between 930 and 931
Predecessor	Wighelm
Successor	Wulfhun
Orders
Consecration	c. 909 by Plegmund
Personal details
Died	between 930 and 931
Denomination	Christian

Beornheah is said to have been consecrated by Archbishop Plegmund on the same day as six other bishops, about 909.^[1] In 930 Beornheah received a grant from King Athelstan.^[2]

Beornheah died between 930 and 931.^[3]

Citations

1. Kelly Charters of Selsey p. xci
2. Anglo-Saxons.net Charters S403 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

• Beornheah 7 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

Christian titles
Preceded by Wighelm	Bishop of Selsey c. 909 - c. 930	Succeeded by Wulfhun