Burhweald

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Burhweald
Bishop of Cornwall
In officebetween 1011 and 1012
PredecessorÆthelred of Cornwall
SuccessorLyfing of Winchester
Orders
Consecrationbetween 1011 and 1012
Personal details
Diedbetween 1019 and 1027
DenominationChristian
Tomb of Bishop Burwaldus in Wells Cathedral

Burhweald (also Brihtwold[1]) was a medieval Bishop of Cornwall.

Burhweald was consecrated between 1011 and 1012. He died between 1019 and 1027.[2] He was succeeded by his nephew Lyfing by 1027. The earliest recorded reference to a church at Landrake dates from 1018, when King Cnut granted land to Bishop Burhwold, after which it was to pass to St Germans Priory.[3]

Citations

  1. Barlow English Church 100-1066 p. 73
  2. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 215
  3. "St Michael the Archangel, Landrake". Saltash Area Churches. Retrieved 16 March 2026.

References

  • Barlow, Frank (1979). The English Church 1000-1066: A History of the Later Anglo-Saxon Church (Second ed.). New York: Longman. ISBN 0-582-49049-9.
  • 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.