Cyneweard of Glastonbury

Cyneweard (died 975) was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Wells. He was a monk of Glastonbury Abbey[1] before becoming abbot of Milton Abbey in 964.[2] He was consecrated bishop of the Diocese of Wells in about 973 or 974, and died in office on 28 June 975.[3] His death is mentioned in the short Old English poem "The Death of King Edgar",[4] which occurs in the entry for 975 of two of the manuscripts of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.

Cyneweard
Bishop of Wells
ProvinceCanterbury
Installedc. 973 or 974
Term ended975
PredecessorByrhthelm
SuccessorSigar
Personal details
Died28 June 975
Previous postAbbot of Milton

Citations

  1. Knowles Monastic Order in England p. 65 note 3
  2. Knowles, et al. Heads of Religious Houses p. 56
  3. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 222
  4. Bragg Lyric Speakers p. 70

References

  • Bragg, Lois (1991). The Lyric Speakers of Old English Poetry. Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. ISBN 978-0-8386-3403-5.
  • 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.
  • Knowles, David (1976). The Monastic Order in England: A History of its Development from the Times of St. Dunstan to the Fourth Lateran Council, 940–1216 (Second reprint ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-05479-6.
  • Knowles, David; London, Vera C. M.; Brooke, Christopher (2001). The Heads of Religious Houses, England and Wales, 940–1216 (Second ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-80452-3.
Christian titles
Preceded by
Byrhthelm
Bishop of Wells
c. 973–975
Succeeded by
Sigar

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