Waldhere (bishop) explained

Type:bishop
Waldhere
Religion:Christian
Bishop of London
Appointed:693
Consecration:693
Ended:between 705 and 716
Predecessor:Erkenwald
Successor:Ingwald
Death Date:between 705 and 716

Waldhere (or Wealdheri; died between 705 and 716) was an early medieval Bishop of London, England.

Waldhere was consecrated in 693. He died between 705 and 716.[1] A letter of his, written about 704 to Archbishop Bertwald of Canterbury still survives, and discusses the tension between King Ine of Wessex and the joint kings of Essex, Sigeheard and Swaefred.[2] The letter has been described by Sir Frank Stenton as 'the first letter known to have been written from one English-man to another'.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 219
  2. Kirby Earliest English Kings p. 106
  3. Stenton Anglo-Saxon England p. 142