Ceobred Explained

Ceobred
Bishop of Leicester
Religion:Christian
Appointed:between December 840 and 844
Ended:between 869 and 888
Predecessor:Ealdred
Successor:Harlardus (Bishop of Dorchester)
Consecration:between December 840 and 844
Death Date:between 869 and 888

Ceobred (or Ceolred) was a medieval Bishop of Leicester.

Ceobred was consecrated between December 840 and 844. He died between 869 and 888.[1] In 844, he gave land at Pangbourne on the Thames River to Berhtwulf, king of Mercia, in return for a grant of liberties for some monasteries.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 218
  2. Kirby Earliest English Kings p. 157