Cyneweard of Glastonbury

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Cyneweard
Abbot of Milton

Cyneweard (died 975) was an

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
.

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
    .
  • ISBN 0-521-05479-6
    .
  • ISBN 0-521-80452-3
    .

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Preceded by
Byrhthelm
Bishop of Wells

c. 973–975 		Succeeded by


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