Æthelric I (died 1038) was an Anglo-Saxon

Bishop of Selsey The Bishop of Chichester is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers the counties of East and West Sussex. The see is based in the City of Chichester where the bishop's sea ...

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Perhaps previously a monk at Christ Church

Canterbury Canterbury (, ) is a cathedral city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, situated in the heart of the City of Canterbury local government district of Kent, England. It lies on the River Stour. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the primate of ...

, Æthelric was probably Bishop of Selsey by 1032, when he witnessed a charter of King

Cnut Cnut (; ang, Cnut cyning; non, Knútr inn ríki ; or , no, Knut den mektige, sv, Knut den Store. died 12 November 1035), also known as Cnut the Great and Canute, was King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018, and King of Norwa ...

. Nothing else is known of his origins.Lawson ''Cnut'' p. 137 But is it curious that Æthelric's predecessor supposedly attested a charter of Cnut dated 1033. The probable explanation is that Ælfmær witnessed the conveyance itself which took place in 1032 but the charter recording the transaction was not prepared until 1033.O'Donovan ''Charters of Sherborne'' pp. 72-73 According to the '' Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'', version D, Æthelric died in 1038: "In this year died Archbishop Æthelnoth the Good, also Æthelric, Bishop of Sussex, who desired of God that He would not allow him to outlive his dear father Æthelnoth". The ''Handbook of British Chronology'' gives the dates of his bishopric as 1032 through November or December 1038.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 221 The historian Frank Barlow felt that Æthelric was the ultimate source for information Eadmer gathered about Dunstan.Barlow ''English Church 1000-1066'' p. 74 Barlow also felt that Æthelric was a member of Dunstan's reforming group.Barlow ''English Church 1000-1066'' p. 222

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aethelric 1 AEthelric Aethelric I 11th-century English Roman Catholic bishops Year of birth unknown