Burhweald

Burhweald (also Brihtwold[1]) was a medieval Bishop of Cornwall.

Burhweald
Bishop of Cornwall
In officebetween 1011 and 1012
PredecessorÆthelred of Cornwall
SuccessorLyfing of Winchester
Orders
Consecrationbetween 1011 and 1012
Personal details
Diedbetween 1019 and 1027
DenominationChristian

Burhweald was consecrated between 1011 and 1012. He died between 1019 and 1027.[2] He was succeeded by his nephew Lyfing by 1027.

Citations

  1. Barlow English Church 100-1066 p. 73
  2. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 215

References

  • Barlow, Frank (1979). The English Church 1000-1066: A History of the Later Anglo-Saxon Church (Second ed.). New York: Longman. ISBN 0-582-49049-9.
  • 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.
Christian titles
Preceded by
Æthelred of Cornwall
Bishop of Cornwall
c. 1011–c. 1023
Succeeded by
Lyfing of Winchester
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