Eadwulf of Elmham

Eadwulf
Eadwulf
Bishop of Elmham
Appointed	before 955
Term ended	after 966
Predecessor	See Interrupted
Successor	Ælfric I
Orders
Consecration	before 955
Personal details
Died	after 966
Denomination	Christian

Eadwulf^[a] (died after 966)^[1] was an Anglo-Saxon cleric who served as Bishop of Elmham.

Personal life

Eadwulf was a kinsman of another cleric named Cynehelm, who served as a priest.^[2]

Ecclesiastical life

Eadwulf was consecrated at some point before 955.^[1]

Eadwulf became bishop during a tumultuous period of English history. Eadwulf was the first recorded bishop since the beginning of Danish rule in East Anglia, suggesting a lack of royal power in the region following the reign of Edward the Elder.^[3]

As bishop, Eadwulf was noted for his piety; being described as a "humble servant of Christ" during his episcopal profession.^[4] Eadwulf also displayed great obedience and devotion to Oda the Good, who was at that point Archbishop of Canterbury.^[4]

Notes

↑ Or Atwulf

References

1 2 Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 216. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
↑ Liber Eliensis. 2005 [c. 1200]. ISBN 978-1843830153.
↑ Marten, Lucy (8 February 2007). "The shiring of East Anglia: an Alternative Hypothesis". Historical Research. 81 (211). Retrieved 5 May 2026.
1 2 Clark, Charles (1893). Cartularium Saxonicum: A Collection of Charters relating to Anglo-Saxon History. London.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

External links

Eadwulf 39 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

Christian titles

Preceded by

Aethelweald

Bishop of Elmham
before 955-after 966

Succeeded by

Ælfric I

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[1] Or Atwulf

[HBOBC-2] 1 2 Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 216. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

[3] Liber Eliensis. 2005 [c. 1200]. ISBN 978-1843830153.

[4] Marten, Lucy (8 February 2007). "The shiring of East Anglia: an Alternative Hypothesis". Historical Research. 81 (211). Retrieved 5 May 2026.

[c-5] 1 2 Clark, Charles (1893). Cartularium Saxonicum: A Collection of Charters relating to Anglo-Saxon History. London.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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Bishops of Elmham	Bedwinus Northbertus Headulacus Æthelfrith Eanfrith Æthelwulf Alherdus Sybba Hunferthus Humbertus See interrupted Eadwulf Ælfric I Theodred I Theodred II Æthelstan Ælfgar Ælfwine Ælfric II Ælfric III Stigand Grimketel Stigand (again) Æthelmær Herfast see removed to Thetford
Bishops of Thetford	Herfast William de Beaufeu Herbert de Losinga see removed to Norwich
High Medieval	Herbert de Losinga Everard of Calne William de Turbeville John of Oxford John de Gray Pandulf Verraccio Thomas Blunville Simon of Elmham William de Raley Walter Suffield Simon Walton Roger Skerning William Middleton Ralph Walpole
Late Medieval	John Salmon Robert Baldock William Ayermin Thomas Hemenhale Antony Bek William Bateman Thomas Percy Henry le Despenser Alexander Tottington Richard Courtenay John Wakering William Alnwick Thomas Brunce Walter Hart James Goldwell Thomas Jane
Early modern	Richard Nykke William Rugg Thomas Thirlby John Hopton John Parkhurst Edmund Freke Edmund Scambler William Redman John Jegon John Overall Samuel Harsnett Francis White Richard Corbet Matthew Wren Richard Montagu Joseph Hall Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) Edward Reynolds Anthony Sparrow William Lloyd John Moore Charles Trimnell Thomas Green John Leng William Baker Robert Butts Thomas Gooch Samuel Lisle Thomas Hayter Philip Yonge Lewis Bagot George Horne Charles Manners-Sutton
Late modern	Henry Bathurst Edward Stanley Samuel Hinds John Pelham John Sheepshanks Bertram Pollock Percy Herbert Launcelot Fleming Maurice Wood Peter Nott Graham James Alan Winton (acting) Graham Usher