Æthelric (bishop of Dorchester)

Eadhericus
Church	Catholic
See	Bishop of Dorchester
In office	1016–1034
Predecessor	Eadnothus
Successor	Eadnothus
Personal details
Died	1034

Eadhericus (or Æthelric of Dorchester or Brihtmær) was a medieval Bishop of Dorchester, when the town was seat of the united dioceses of Lindsey and Dorchester.

He was consecrated in 1016 and died in 1034.^[1]

When Æthelric was young, he was educated at Abingdon. A story about him claims that one day he and three other boys caused trouble by ringing the bell very hard. The bell cracked, and it was very expensive to replace. When the abbot learned what happened, he decided to pardon them because they were young aristocrats and when they were older, they were likely to pay far more than the value of this bell in gifts to the monastery. ^[2]

In another story, when Æthelric was bishop during the time of King Canute, one day he was travelling with the King and staid the night in the house of a rich Dane. The Dane got drunk and offered to sell an estate for 50 marks. The bishop, perhaps wishing to clinch the deal before the man became sober, then quickly sent a messenger to the King to ask for help. The King was playing a game of chess, but he offered the money to Æthelric, who then finalized the purchase. ^[3]

Notes

↑ Powicke Handbook of British Chronology p. 219
↑ Studies in the Early History of Shaftesbury Abbey, Dorset County Council, 1999
↑ Studies in the Early History of Shaftesbury Abbey, Dorset County Council, 1999

References

Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961

External links

Æthelric 49 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

Religious titles
Preceded by Eadnothus	Bishop of Dorchester 1016–1034	Succeeded by Eadnothus

Bishops of Lincoln

Leicester	Cuthwine Wilfrid Headda Aldwine Torhthelm Eadbeorht Unwona Wernbeorht Hræthhun Ealdred Ceobred see removed to Dorchester

Dorchester	Harlardus Wigmund Coenwulf Wynsige Æthelwold Oscytel united see: Leofwine Alnothus Æscwig Ælfhelm Eadnoth (I) Æthelric Eadnoth (II) Ulfus Normanus Wulfwig Remigius de Fécamp

High Medieval	Remigius de Fécamp Robert Bloet Alexander Robert de Chesney Geoffrey Plantagenet Walter de Coutances Hugh of Avalon William de Blois Hugh of Wells Robert Grosseteste Henry of Lexington Richard of Gravesend Oliver Sutton

Late Medieval	John Dalderby Anthony Bek Henry Burghersh Thomas Bek John Gynwell John Bokyngham Henry Beaufort Philip Repyngdon Richard Fleming William Grey William Alnwick Marmaduke Lumley John Chadworth Thomas Rotherham John Russell

Early modern	William Smyth Thomas Wolsey William Atwater John Longland Henry Holbeach John Taylor John White Thomas Watson Nicholas Bullingham Thomas Cooper William Wickham William Chaderton William Barlow Richard Neile George Montaigne John Williams Thomas Winniffe Robert Sanderson Benjamin Lany William Fuller Thomas Barlow Thomas Tenison James Gardiner William Wake Edmund Gibson Richard Reynolds John Thomas John Green Thomas Thurlow

Late modern	George Pretyman (later Pretyman Tomline) George Pelham John Kaye John Jackson Christopher Wordsworth Edward King Edward Hicks William Swayne Nugent Hicks Aylmer Skelton Leslie Owen Maurice Harland Kenneth Riches Simon Phipps Bob Hardy John Saxbee Christopher Lowson

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