Wighelm

Wighelm is a probable Bishop of Selsey.

Wighelm
Bishop of Selsey
Appointed	before 909
Term ended	between 909 and 925
Predecessor	Guthheard
Successor	Beornheah
Personal details
Died	between 909 and 925
Denomination	Christian

Wighelm's see is uncertain, but as he is the sole episcopal witness on a charter, involving land in the area, suggests that he had authority in Sussex.^[1][2]

Wighelm died sometime between 909 and 925.^[3]

Citations

1. Kelly Charters of Selsey p. xci and pp. 65-67
2. Anglo-Saxons.net Charters S1206 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

• Wighelm 13 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

Christian titles
Preceded by Guthheard	Bishop of Selsey c. 909 - c. 912	Succeeded by Beornheah