Cynered

Cynered, (or Coenred) was a Bishop of Selsey.

Cynered
Bishop of Selsey
Appointed	before 821
Term ended	between 839 and 845
Predecessor	Æthelwulf
Successor	Guthheard
Personal details
Died	between 839 and 845
Denomination	Christian

Cynered received a confirmation from Coelwulf, King of Mercia, between 821 and 823 of the land originally granted by Noðhelm to his sister Noðgyð.^[1]

Cynered was present at a synod æt Astran in 839.^[2] Cynered's bishopric can be dated approximately to (in or before 821-823) to (in or after 839), and that is much as the historical evidence permits.

Cynered died some time between 839 and 845.^[3]

Citations

1. Anglo-Saxons.net Charters S45 accessed on 25 August 2007
2. Anglo-Saxons.net Charters S1438 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

• Cynred 2 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

Christian titles
Preceded by Æthelwulf	Bishop of Selsey c. 821- c. 842	Succeeded by Guthheard