Eahlstan
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Eahlstan was a medieval Bishop of Sherborne.
He was consecrated in 824. He died in 867. In 825, after the battle of Ellendun (Wroughton), he was sent by King Ecgberht of Wessex with an army into Kent. In 855, when King Æthelwulf of Wessex was on the continent, the medieval chronicler Asser
asserts that Eahlstan, along with Aethelbald of Wessex and Eanwulf, ealdorman of Somerset, conspired to keep the king from returning to England.
He was consecrated in 824. He died in 867. In 825, after the battle of Ellendun (Wroughton), he was sent by King Ecgberht of Wessex with an army into Kent. In 855, when King Æthelwulf of Wessex was on the continent, the medieval chronicler Asser
Asser
Asser was a Welsh monk from St David's, Dyfed, who became Bishop of Sherborne in the 890s. About 885 he was asked by Alfred the Great to leave St David's and join the circle of learned men whom Alfred was recruiting for his court...
asserts that Eahlstan, along with Aethelbald of Wessex and Eanwulf, ealdorman of Somerset, conspired to keep the king from returning to England.