Guthheard

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 (or Guðheard) was a medieval Bishop of Selsey.

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