Wigred Explained

Wilgred
Religion:	Christian
Bishop Of:	Bishop of Lindisfarne
Ended:	maybe 942
Predecessor:	Tilred
Successor:	Uchtred
Death Date:	c. 942

Wigred (or Wilgred^[1]) (died c. 942) was appointed Bishop of Chester-le-Street around 925.^[2] He was also known as the Bishop of the Church of St Cuthbert. He attested charters of King Æthelstan between 928 and 934, and the bishopric in his time was probably the greatest landholder between the Tees and the Tyne.^[3]

References

• The Catholic Encyclopedia accessed on 29 August 2007
• Book: Fryde, E. B. . Greenway, D. E. . Porter, S. . Roy, I. . Handbook of British Chronology. Third revised . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge, UK . 1996 . 0-521-56350-X .
• Web site: Table XXXVII: Attestations of ecclesiastics during the reign of King Æthelstan. Simon. Keynes. Kemble: The Anglo-Saxon Charters Website.
• Book: Molyneaux, George. The Formation of the English Kingdom in the Tenth Century. 2015. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-871791-1.

Notes and References

1. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05211a.htm The Catholic Encyclopedia
2. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 214
3. Keynes, Attestations, Table XXXVII; Molyneaux, The Formation of the English Kingdom, p. 30