| Denomination | Catholic |
|---|---|
| Senior posting | |
| See | Diocese of Selsey |
| Title | Bishop of Selsey |
| Period in office | 1039–1047 |
| Predecessor | Æthelric I |
| Successor | Heca |
| Religious career | |
| Previous bishoprics | Bishop of Elmham |
| Personal | |
| Date of death | 1047 |
Grimketel or Grimcytel was an English Bishop of Selsey. See also List of Bishops of Chichester and precursor offices The Bishop of Chichester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Æthelric I was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Selsey. Life Perhaps previously a monk at Christ Church Canterbury, Æthelric Hecca was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Selsey. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, version C Heca, then Chaplain to King In 1969 the Catholic Church revived the title Bishop of Elmham, assigning it to an Auxiliary Bishop, first of the Catholic Bishop of Northampton, and then later to See also List of Bishops of Chichester and precursor offices The Bishop of Chichester is the Ordinary of the Church of England
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Life
Grimketel was appointed Bishop of Selsey in 1038 or 1039 and "Briefly in 1043-1044 Grimketel was also installed as bishop of Elmham, when the current bishop (Stigand) was temporarily deprived of the see. Stigand (died 1072 was an English churchman in pre- Norman Conquest England An episcopal see is the ecclesiastical domain of authority of a Bishop. There was a simple reference to this episode in the earlier recension of the Worcester Chronicle, which was later elaborated with some unreliable detail; the revised version states that Grimketel bought the East Anglican see (the words pro auro have been substituted for pro eo) and that Stigand became bishop of Selsey, which is not credible. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of Annals in Old English chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons. "[1][2]
He was inserted into Elmham in 1042 and ejected in 1043. In 1969 the Catholic Church revived the title Bishop of Elmham, assigning it to an Auxiliary Bishop, first of the Catholic Bishop of Northampton, and then later to [3]
He died in 1047[4] and was buried at Christ Church Priory Canterbury. Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, is one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England and forms part of a Canterbury ( ˈkæntəbɹ̩i is a City in eastern Kent in the South East region of England. [5]
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References
- Barlow, Frank Edward the Confessor Berkeley: University of California Press 1970 ISBN 0-520-01671-8
- Garmonsway, G. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of Annals in Old English chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons. Frank Barlow (born 1911 is a British historian known particularly for biographies of medieval figures N. 1953. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
- Kelly, S. E. 1998. Charters of Selsey. Anglo-Saxon Charters 6
- Fryde, E. B. ; Greenway, D. E. ; Porter, S. ; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology, Third Edition, revised, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
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| Roman Catholic Church titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Stigand |
Bishop of Elmham ejected from see 1043 1042–1043 |
Succeeded by Stigand |
| Preceded by Æthelric I |
Bishop of Selsey 1039–1047 |
Succeeded by Heca |
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Grimketel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grimcytel |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Selsey; Bishop of Elmham |
| DATE OF BIRTH | |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1047 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
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