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Cynered, (or Coenred) was a
Bishop of Selsey
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Cynered received a confirmation from
Coelwulf, King of
Mercia
Mercia (, was one of the principal kingdoms founded at the end of Sub-Roman Britain; the area was settled by Anglo-Saxons in an era called the Heptarchy. It was centred on the River Trent and its tributaries, in a region now known as the Midlan ...
, between 821 and 823 of the land originally granted by
Noðhelm to his sister Noðgyð.
Cynered was present at a synod ''æt Astran'' in 839.
Anglo-Saxons.net Charters S1438
accessed on 25 August 2007 Cynered's bishopric can be dated approximately to (in or before 821-823) to (in or after 839), and that is much as the historical evidence permits.
Cynered died some time between 839 and 845.[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 221]
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Bishops of Selsey
9th-century English bishops
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