Ælfwold II (bishop of Crediton)
10th and 11th-century Bishop of Crediton
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Ælfwold (or Ælfweald or Aelfwold) was a medieval Bishop of Crediton.
Ælfwold II | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Crediton | |
| Elected | between 986 and 987 |
| Term ended | 1008 |
| Predecessor | Ælfric |
| Successor | Aelfwold III |
| Personal details | |
| Died | between 1011 and 1015 |
| Denomination | Christian |
Life
Ælfwold was a Benedictine monk at Glastonbury Abbey[1] before he was elected to Crediton between 986 and 987. He was succeeded by Ælfwold III in 1008.[2] He died between sometime before a time frame between 1011 and 1015.[3]
Will
Ælfwold's will is still extant, and the hand drawing up the will matches the hand that drew up a charter of 997 from King Æthelred II to Ælfwold.[4]
In his will, Ælfwold freed all the slaves that had worked on his estates, suggesting the existence of slavery in Anglo-Saxon England, was tempered by the need to free such slaves on death.[5]
