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November 1005 A.D. Aelfric
Dies—28th of 105 Archbishops of Canterbury
Bevans, G. M. “Aelfric (Died 1005).” Brittania.com. N.d. http://www.britannia.com/bios/abofc/aelfric.html. Accessed 7 May 2014.
Bevans,
Portraits of the Archbishops of
Canterbury. Toronto, ONT: University
of Toronto Libraries, 2011. Available here: http://www.amazon.com/Portraits-Archbishops-Canterbury-Gladys-Bevan/dp/B005HI57FS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1399493248&sr=8-1&keywords=bevans+portraits+of+archbishops+of+canterbury
Aelfric
(Died 1005)
Abbot of St. Albans
Bishop of Ramsbury & Sonning
Archbishop of Canterbury
Died: 16th November 1005
(Died 1005)
Abbot of St. Albans
Bishop of Ramsbury & Sonning
Archbishop of Canterbury
Died: 16th November 1005
Aelfric entered the Monastery at Abingdon, became
Bishop of Ramsbury & Sonning in AD 990 and, in AD 995, was translated to
Canterbury. He died in 1005.
Of the other events of his life, little can be
related with certainty. In his will, which has been preserved, he made bequests
of books and lands to St. Albans, which lends colour to the view that he was at
one time Abbot of St. Albans. He left, to the King, his best ship and armour
for sixty men, a ship to the people of Wiltshire and another to the people of
Kent; and a cross to Bishop Aelfheah of Winchester who succeeded him.
Edited from G.M. Bevan's
"Portraits of the Archbishops of Canterbury" (1908).
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