Headda

For the bishop of Hereford, see Headda of Hereford.

Headda^[a] (died c. 721) was a medieval Bishop of Lichfield.^[b]

Headda
Bishop of Lichfield and of Leicester
Installed	c. 691 (Lichfield) c. 709 (Leicester)
Term ended	c. 721 (death)
Predecessor	Seaxwulf (Lichfield) Wilfrid (Leicester)
Successor	Aldwine
Orders
Consecration	691
Personal details
Died	c. 721

Career

Headda was consecrated in 691 and died between 716 and 727.^[1] He held the see of Leicester along with Lichfield.^[1] In 706 Headda consecrated the new church constructed at Crowland by Guthlac.^[2]

Prior to Headda's consecration, he had "almost certainly" been abbot of the monastery at Breedon, in Leicestershire, before which he may also have been a monk at Medeshamstede.^[3]

Notes

1. Or Headdus or Eatheadus of Sidnacester
2. For "Sidnacester", see Bishop of Lindsey

Citations

1. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 218
2. Stenton Anglo-Saxon England pp. 49–50.
3. Kelly Charters of Peterborough Abbey pp. 71–75

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., ed. (2009). Charters of Peterborough Abbey. Anglo-Saxon Charters 14. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780197264386.
• Stenton, F. M. (1971). Anglo-Saxon England (Third ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-280139-5.

External links

• Headda 7 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England; see also Headda 6

Christian titles
Preceded by Seaxwulf	Bishop of Lichfield 691–c. 721	Succeeded by Aldwine
Preceded by Wilfrid	Bishop of Leicester 709–c. 721