Ceobred
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Ceobred was a medieval Bishop of Leicester
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He was consecrated between 839 and 840. He died between 869 and 888. In 844, he gave land at Pangbourne on the Thames River to Berhtwulf
, king of Mercia, in return for a grant of liberties for some monasteries.
Bishop of Leicester
The Bishop of Leicester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Leicester in the Province of Canterbury.The first bishops of Leicester were originally prelates who administered an Anglo-Saxon diocese between the 7th and 9th centuries...
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He was consecrated between 839 and 840. He died between 869 and 888. In 844, he gave land at Pangbourne on the Thames River to Berhtwulf
Beorhtwulf of Mercia
Beorhtwulf was King of the Mercians from 839 or 840 to 852. His ancestry is unknown, though he may have been connected to Beornwulf, who ruled Mercia in the 820s...
, king of Mercia, in return for a grant of liberties for some monasteries.