Æthelric II

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Æthelric II (d.c.1076) was the second to last Bishop of Selsey before the see was moved to Chichester. His name is also spelled "Ethelric".

Æthelric II was a monk at Christ Canterbury until 1058 when he was consecrated bishop by Stigand, Archbishop of Canterbury (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, version E). In 1070, he was deposed by a council at Windsor and imprisoned at Marlborough, being replaced by Stigand, who moved the see. He was carted from imprisonment to Penenden Heath for the trial of Odo of Bayeux, earl of Kent. Evidently, he was, at that time, the most prominent legalist in England.

[edit] References

• Garmonsway, G. N. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1953.
• Kelly, S. E. "Charters of Selsey" in Anglo-Saxon Charters Edition 6. 1998.
• Stenton, Sir Frank M. Anglo-Saxon England Third Edition. Oxford University Press, 1971.
• Hynde, Thomas (ed). The Domesday Book: England's History Then and Now. 1995.