Ceobred

Ceobred

Ceobred

9th-century Bishop of Leicester

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

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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]

Citations

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

References

  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  • Kirby, D. P. (2000). The Earliest English Kings. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-24211-8.
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