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background-color: #DFB0DF;"><div style="display:inline" class="fn">Asser</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader role"><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Sherborne_(ancient)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop of Sherborne (ancient)">Bishop of Sherborne</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">See</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Salisbury" title="Diocese of Salisbury">Sherborne</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointed</th><td class="infobox-data"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 895</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Term ended</th><td class="infobox-data">c. 909</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wulfsige_of_Sherborne" title="Wulfsige of Sherborne">Wulfsige</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/%C3%86thelweard_(bishop_of_Sherborne)" title="Æthelweard (bishop of Sherborne)">Æthelweard</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background-color:#DDDDDD;">Orders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Consecration</th><td class="infobox-data">c. 895</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background-color:#DDDDDD;">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">c. 909</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Asser</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/ər/: 'er' in 'letter'">ər</span></span>/</a></span></span>; <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Welsh:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="cy-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Welsh" title="Help:IPA/Welsh">[ˈasɛr]</a></span>; died <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 909) was a <a href="/wiki/Welsh_people" title="Welsh people">Welsh</a> <a href="/wiki/Monk" title="Monk">monk</a> from <a href="/wiki/St_David%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="St David's">St David's</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Dyfed" title="Kingdom of Dyfed">Dyfed</a>, who became <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Sherborne_(ancient)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop of Sherborne (ancient)">Bishop of Sherborne</a> in the 890s. About 885 he was asked by <a href="/wiki/Alfred_the_Great" title="Alfred the Great">Alfred the Great</a> to leave St David's and join the circle of learned men whom Alfred was recruiting for his court. After spending a year at <a href="/wiki/Caerwent" title="Caerwent">Caerwent</a> because of illness, Asser accepted. </p><p>In 893, Asser wrote a biography of Alfred, called the <a href="#The_Life_of_King_Alfred"><i>Life of King Alfred</i></a>. The manuscript survived to modern times in only one copy, which was part of the <a href="/wiki/Cotton_library" title="Cotton library">Cotton library</a>. That copy was destroyed in a fire in 1731, but transcriptions that had been made earlier, together with material from Asser's work which was included by other early writers, have made it possible to reconstruct the work. The biography is the main source of information about Alfred's life and provides far more information about Alfred than is known about any other early English ruler. Asser assisted Alfred in his translation of <a href="/wiki/Gregory_the_Great" class="mw-redirect" title="Gregory the Great">Gregory the Great</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Pastoral_Care" title="Pastoral Care">Pastoral Care</a></i>, and possibly with other works. </p><p>Asser is sometimes cited as a source for the legend about Alfred's having founded the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oxford" title="University of Oxford">University of Oxford</a>, which is now known to be false. A short passage making this claim was interpolated by <a href="/wiki/William_Camden" title="William Camden">William Camden</a> into his 1603 edition of Asser's <i>Life</i>. Doubts have also been raised periodically about whether the entire <i>Life</i> is a forgery, written by a slightly later writer, but it is now almost universally accepted as genuine. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name_and_early_life">Name and early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asser&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Name and early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Asser_map.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Asser_map.png/420px-Asser_map.png" decoding="async" width="420" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Asser_map.png/630px-Asser_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Asser_map.png/840px-Asser_map.png 2x" data-file-width="1188" data-file-height="612" /></a><figcaption>A map of southern England and Wales showing places Asser is known to have visited. The monasteries he was given by Alfred are also shown. The exact location of Ashdown is uncertain, though it is known to be on the <a href="/wiki/Berkshire_Downs" title="Berkshire Downs">Berkshire Downs</a>. The identification of Leonaford with <a href="/wiki/Landford" title="Landford">Landford</a> is also not certain.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KL_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure><p>Asser (also known as John Asser or Asserius Menevensis) was a Welsh <a href="/wiki/Monk" title="Monk">monk</a> who lived from at least AD 885 until about 909. Almost nothing is known of Asser's early life. The name Asser is likely to have been taken from Aser, or <a href="/wiki/Asher" title="Asher">Asher</a>, the eighth son of <a href="/wiki/Jacob" title="Jacob">Jacob</a> in <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Genesis" title="Book of Genesis">Genesis</a>. Old Testament names were common in Wales at the time, but it has been suggested that this name may have been adopted at the time Asser entered the church. Asser may have been familiar with a work by <a href="/wiki/Jerome" title="Jerome">St Jerome</a> on the meaning of <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a> names (Jerome's given meaning for "Asser" was "blessed").<sup id="cite_ref-KL_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to his <i>Life of King Alfred</i>, Asser was a monk at <a href="/wiki/St_David%27s_Cathedral" class="mw-redirect" title="St David's Cathedral">St David's</a> in what was then the kingdom of <a href="/wiki/Dyfed" title="Dyfed">Dyfed</a>, in south-west Wales. Asser makes it clear that he was brought up in the area, and was <a href="/wiki/Tonsure" title="Tonsure">tonsured</a>, trained and ordained there. He also mentions <a href="/wiki/Nobis_(bishop)" title="Nobis (bishop)">Nobis</a>, a bishop of St David's who died in 873 or 874, as being a kinsman of his.<sup id="cite_ref-KL_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recruitment_by_Alfred_and_time_at_court">Recruitment by Alfred and time at court</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asser&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Recruitment by Alfred and time at court"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Much of what is known about Asser comes from his biography of <a href="/wiki/Alfred_the_Great" title="Alfred the Great">Alfred</a>, in particular a short section in which Asser recounts how Alfred recruited him as a scholar for his court. Alfred held a high opinion of the value of learning and recruited men from around Britain and from continental Europe to establish a scholarly centre at his court. It is not known how Alfred heard of Asser, but one possibility relates to Alfred's overlordship of south Wales. Several kings, including Hywel ap Rhys of <a href="/wiki/Glywysing" title="Glywysing">Glywysing</a> and Hyfaidd of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Dyfed" title="Kingdom of Dyfed">Dyfed</a> (where Asser's monastery was), had submitted to Alfred's overlordship in 885. Asser gives a fairly detailed account of the events. There is a charter of Hywel's which has been dated to c. 885; amongst the witnesses is one "Asser", which may be the same person. Hence it is possible that Alfred's relationship with the southern Welsh kings led him to hear of Asser.<sup id="cite_ref-KL_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Asser recounts meeting Alfred first at the royal estate at Dean, Sussex (now <a href="/wiki/East_Dean,_West_Sussex" title="East Dean, West Sussex">East</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Dean,_West_Sussex" title="West Dean, West Sussex">West Dean, West Sussex</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-brandon71_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brandon71-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Asser provides only one datable event in his history: on <a href="/wiki/St_Martin%27s_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="St Martin's Day">St Martin's Day</a>, 11 November 887, Alfred decided to learn to read Latin. Working backwards from this, it appears most likely that Asser was recruited by Alfred in early 885.<sup id="cite_ref-KL_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Asser's response to Alfred's request was to ask for time to consider the offer, as he felt it would be unfair to abandon his current position in favour of worldly recognition. Alfred agreed but also suggested that he should spend half his time at St David's and half with Alfred. Asser again asked for time to consider, but ultimately agreed to return to Alfred with an answer in six months. On his return to Wales, however, Asser fell ill with a fever and was confined to the monastery of <a href="/wiki/Caerwent" title="Caerwent">Caerwent</a> for twelve months and a week. Alfred wrote to find out the cause of the delay, and Asser responded that he would keep his promise when he recovered. When he did recover, in 886, he agreed to divide his time between Wales and Alfred's court, as Alfred had suggested. Others at St David's supported this, since they hoped Asser's influence with Alfred would avoid "damaging afflictions and injuries at the hands of King Hyfaidd (who often assaulted that monastery and the jurisdiction of St David)".<sup id="cite_ref-KL_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KL93_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KL93-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Asser joined several other noted scholars at Alfred's court, including <a href="/wiki/Grimbald" title="Grimbald">Grimbald</a>, and <a href="/wiki/John_the_Old_Saxon" title="John the Old Saxon">John the Old Saxon</a>; all three probably reached Alfred's court within a year of each other.<sup id="cite_ref-KL2_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KL2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His first extended stay with Alfred was at the royal estate at Leonaford, probably from about April through December 886. It is not known where Leonaford was; a case has been made for <a href="/wiki/Landford" title="Landford">Landford</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Wiltshire" title="Wiltshire">Wiltshire</a>. Asser records that he read aloud to the king from the books at hand. On Christmas Eve, 886, after Asser had for some time failed to obtain permission to return to Wales, Alfred gave Asser the monasteries of <a href="/wiki/Congresbury" title="Congresbury">Congresbury</a> and <a href="/wiki/Banwell" title="Banwell">Banwell</a>, along with a silk cloak and a quantity of <a href="/wiki/Incense" title="Incense">incense</a> "weighing as much as a stout man." He allowed Asser to visit his new possessions and thence to return to St David's.<sup id="cite_ref-KL_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KL96_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KL96-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thereafter Asser seems to have divided his time between Wales and Alfred's court. Asser gives no information about his time in Wales, but mentions various places that he visited in England, including the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ashdown" title="Battle of Ashdown">battlefield at Ashdown</a>, Cynuit (<a href="/wiki/Countisbury" title="Countisbury">Countisbury</a>), and <a href="/wiki/Athelney" title="Athelney">Athelney</a>. It is evident from Asser's account that he spent a good deal of time with Alfred: he recounts meeting Alfred's mother-in-law, Eadburh (who is not the same <a href="/wiki/Eadburh" title="Eadburh">Eadburh</a> who died as a beggar in Pavia), on many occasions; and says that he has often seen Alfred hunting.<sup id="cite_ref-KL_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bishop_of_Sherborne">Bishop of Sherborne</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asser&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Bishop of Sherborne"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sometime between 887 and 892, Alfred gave Asser the monastery of Exeter. Asser subsequently became Bishop of Sherborne,<sup id="cite_ref-Handbook222_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Handbook222-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though the year of succession is unknown. Asser's predecessor as Bishop of Sherborne, <a href="/wiki/Wulfsige_of_Sherborne" title="Wulfsige of Sherborne">Wulfsige</a>, attested a charter in 892. Asser's first appearance in the position is in 900, when he appears as a witness to a charter; hence the succession can only be dated to the years 892 to 900.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In any event, Asser had already been a bishop prior to his appointment to the see of Sherborne, since Wulfsige is known to have received a copy of Alfred's <i>Pastoral Care</i> in which Asser is described as a bishop.<sup id="cite_ref-KL_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is possible that Asser was a <a href="/wiki/Suffragan_bishop" title="Suffragan bishop">suffragan bishop</a> within the see of Sherborne, but he may instead have been a bishop of St David's. He is listed as such in <a href="/wiki/Giraldus_Cambrensis" class="mw-redirect" title="Giraldus Cambrensis">Giraldus Cambrensis</a>'s <i>Itinerarium Cambriae</i>, although this may be unreliable as it was written three centuries later, in 1191. A contemporary clue is found in Asser's own writing: he mentions that bishops of St David's were sometimes expelled by King Hyfaidd and adds that "he even expelled me on occasion." This also implies that Asser was himself a bishop of St David's.<sup id="cite_ref-KL_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Life_of_King_Alfred"><i>The Life of King Alfred</i></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asser&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The Life of King Alfred"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 893, Asser wrote a biography of Alfred entitled <i>The Life of King Alfred</i>; in the original Latin, the title is <i>Vita Ælfredi regis Angul Saxonum</i>. The date is known from Asser's mention of the king's age in the text. The work, which is less than twenty thousand words long, is one of the most important sources of information on Alfred the Great.<sup id="cite_ref-KL_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Asser drew on a variety of texts to write his <i>Life</i>. The style is similar to that of two biographies of <a href="/wiki/Louis_the_Pious" title="Louis the Pious">Louis the Pious</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Vita_Hludovici_Imperatoris" class="mw-redirect" title="Vita Hludovici Imperatoris">Vita Hludovici Imperatoris</a></i>, written c. 840 by an unknown author usually called "the Astronomer", and <i>Vita Hludowici Imperatoris</i> by <a href="/wiki/Thegan_of_Trier" title="Thegan of Trier">Thegan of Trier</a>. It is possible that Asser may have known these works. He also knew <a href="/wiki/Bede" title="Bede">Bede</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Historia_ecclesiastica_gentis_Anglorum" class="mw-redirect" title="Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum">Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum</a></i>; the <i><a href="/wiki/Historia_Brittonum" title="Historia Brittonum">Historia Brittonum</a></i>, a Welsh source; the <i>Life of <a href="/wiki/Alcuin" title="Alcuin">Alcuin</a></i>; and the <i><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle" title="Anglo-Saxon Chronicle">Anglo-Saxon Chronicle</a></i>. It is also clear from the text that Asser was familiar with <a href="/wiki/Virgil" title="Virgil">Virgil</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Aeneid" title="Aeneid">Aeneid</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Caelius_Sedulius" class="mw-redirect" title="Caelius Sedulius">Caelius Sedulius</a>'s <i>Carmen Paschale</i>, <a href="/wiki/Aldhelm" title="Aldhelm">Aldhelm</a>'s <i>De Virginitate</i>, and <a href="/wiki/Einhard" title="Einhard">Einhard</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Vita_Karoli_Magni" title="Vita Karoli Magni">Vita Karoli Magni</a></i> ("Life of Charlemagne"). He quotes from <a href="/wiki/Gregory_the_Great" class="mw-redirect" title="Gregory the Great">Gregory the Great</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Regula_Pastoralis" class="mw-redirect" title="Regula Pastoralis">Regula Pastoralis</a></i>, a work he and Alfred subsequently collaborated in translating, and from <a href="/wiki/Augustine_of_Hippo" title="Augustine of Hippo">Augustine of Hippo</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Enchiridion_of_Augustine" class="mw-redirect" title="Enchiridion of Augustine">Enchiridion</a></i>. About half of the <i>Life</i> is little more than a translation of part of the <i>Anglo-Saxon Chronicle</i> for the years 851–887, though Asser adds personal opinions and interpolates information about Alfred's life. Asser also adds material relating to the years after 887 and general opinions about Alfred's character and reign.<sup id="cite_ref-KL_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Abels13_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Abels13-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Asser's prose style has been criticised for weak syntax, stylistic pretensions, and garbled exposition. His frequent use of archaic and unusual words gives his prose a baroque flavour that is common in Insular Latin authors of the period. He uses several words that are peculiar to Frankish Latin sources. This has led to speculation that he was educated at least partly in Francia, but it is also possible that he acquired this vocabulary from Frankish scholars he associated with at court, such as Grimbald.<sup id="cite_ref-KL_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i>Life</i> ends abruptly with no concluding remarks and it is considered likely that the manuscript is an incomplete draft. Asser lived a further fifteen or sixteen years and Alfred a further six, but no events after 893 are recorded.<sup id="cite_ref-KL_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is possible that the work was written principally for the benefit of a Welsh audience. Asser takes pains to explain local geography, so he was clearly considering an audience not familiar with the areas he described. More specifically, at several points he gives an English name and follows it with the British / Welsh equivalent name, such as in the case of <a href="/wiki/Nottingham" title="Nottingham">Nottingham</a>. As a result, and given that Alfred's overlordship of south Wales was recent, it may be that Asser intended the work to acquaint a Welsh readership with Alfred's personal qualities and reconcile them to his rule.<sup id="cite_ref-KL_2-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, it is also possible that Asser's inclusion of Welsh placenames simply reflects an interest in etymology or the existence of a Welsh audience in his own household rather than in Wales. There are also sections such as the support for Alfred's programme of fortification that give the impression of the book's being aimed at an English audience.<sup id="cite_ref-CampbellTASS142_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CampbellTASS142-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Asser's <i>Life</i> omits any mention of internal strife or dissent in Alfred's own reign, though when he mentions that Alfred had to harshly punish those who were slow to obey Alfred's commands to fortify the realm, he makes it clear that Alfred did have to enforce obedience. Asser's life is a one-sided treatment of Alfred, though since Alfred was alive when it was composed, it is unlikely to contain gross errors of fact.<sup id="cite_ref-Fletcher_139_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fletcher_139-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CampbellTASS145_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CampbellTASS145-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to being the primary source for Alfred's life, Asser's work is also a source for other historical periods, where he adds material to his translation of the <i>Anglo-Saxon Chronicle</i>. For example, he tells a story about <a href="/wiki/Eadburh" title="Eadburh">Eadburh</a>, the daughter of <a href="/wiki/Offa" class="mw-redirect" title="Offa">Offa</a>. Eadburh married <a href="/wiki/Beorhtric" class="mw-redirect" title="Beorhtric">Beorhtric</a>, king of the West Saxons. Asser describes her as behaving "like a tyrant" and ultimately accidentally poisoning Beorhtric in an attempt to murder someone else. He finishes by describing her death as a beggar in <a href="/wiki/Pavia" title="Pavia">Pavia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Campbell111_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Campbell111-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KL5_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KL5-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span class="citation-needed-content" style="padding-left:0.1em; padding-right:0.1em; color:var(--color-subtle, #54595d); border:1px solid var(--border-color-subtle, #c8ccd1);">This Eadburh is not the same as Alfred's mother-in-law, also named Eadburh, whom Asser mentions elsewhere.</span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Manuscripts_of_The_Life_of_King_Alfred">Manuscripts of <i>The Life of King Alfred</i></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asser&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Manuscripts of The Life of King Alfred"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Asser_facsimile.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Asser_facsimile.png/300px-Asser_facsimile.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="339" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Asser_facsimile.png 1.5x" data-file-width="423" data-file-height="478" /></a><figcaption>A facsimile of the first page of the Cotton ms. of Asser's "The Life of King Alfred". This copy was made in 1722 by James Hill, an antiquary who had been employed by Francis Wise to examine the manuscript.<sup id="cite_ref-Abels319_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Abels319-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The early manuscript of the <i>Life</i> does not appear to have been widely known in medieval times. Only one copy is known to have survived into modern times. It is known as Cotton MS Otho A xii, and was part of the <a href="/wiki/Cotton_library" title="Cotton library">Cotton library</a>. It was written about 1000 and was destroyed in a fire in 1731. The lack of distribution may be because Asser had not finished the manuscript and so did not have it copied. However, the material in the <i>Life</i> is recognizable in other works. There is some evidence from early writers of access to versions of Asser's work, as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-KL3_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KL3-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Byrhtferth" title="Byrhtferth">Byrhtferth</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ramsey_Abbey" title="Ramsey Abbey">Ramsey</a> included large sections of it into <i><a href="/wiki/Historia_Regum" title="Historia Regum">Historia Regum</a></i>, a historical work he wrote in the late tenth or early 11th century. He may have used the Cotton manuscript. (The <i>Historia Regum</i> was until recently attributed to <a href="/wiki/Symeon_of_Durham" title="Symeon of Durham">Symeon of Durham</a>.)</li> <li>The anonymous author of the <i><a href="/wiki/Encomium_Emmae_Reginae" title="Encomium Emmae Reginae">Encomium Emmae Reginae</a></i> (written in the early 1040s) was apparently acquainted with the <i>Life</i>, though it is not known how he knew of it. The author was a monk of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Bertin" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Bertin">St Bertin's</a> in <a href="/wiki/Flanders" title="Flanders">Flanders</a>, but may have learned of the work in England.</li> <li>The chronicler known as <a href="/wiki/Florence_of_Worcester" title="Florence of Worcester">Florence of Worcester</a> incorporated parts of Asser's <i>Life</i> into his chronicle, in the early 12th century; again, he may have also used the Cotton manuscript.</li> <li>An anonymous chronicler at <a href="/wiki/Bury_St_Edmunds" title="Bury St Edmunds">Bury St Edmunds</a>, working in the second quarter of the 12th century, produced a compilation now known as <i>The <a href="/wiki/Annals_of_St_Neots" title="Annals of St Neots">Annals of St Neots</a></i>. He used material from a version of Asser's work which differs in some places from the Cotton manuscript and in some places appears to be more accurate, so it is possible that the copy used was not the Cotton manuscript.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giraldus_Cambrensis" class="mw-redirect" title="Giraldus Cambrensis">Giraldus Cambrensis</a> wrote a <i>Life of St Æthelberht</i>, probably at Hereford during the 1190s. He quotes an incident from Asser that occurred during the reign of <a href="/wiki/Offa" class="mw-redirect" title="Offa">Offa</a> of <a href="/wiki/Mercia" title="Mercia">Mercia</a>, who died in 796. This incident is not in the surviving copies of the manuscript. It is possible that Giraldus had access to a different copy of Asser's work. It is also possible that he is quoting a different work by Asser, which is otherwise unknown, or even that Giraldus is making up the reference to Asser to support his story. The latter is at least plausible, since Giraldus is not always regarded as a trustworthy writer.</li></ul> <p>The history of the Cotton manuscript itself is quite complex. The list of early writers above mentions that it may have been in the possession of at least two of them. It was owned by <a href="/wiki/John_Leland_(antiquary)" title="John Leland (antiquary)">John Leland</a>, the antiquary, in the 1540s. It probably became available after the <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_monasteries" title="Dissolution of the monasteries">dissolution of the monasteries</a>, in which the property of many religious houses was confiscated and sold. Leland died in 1552 and it is known to have been in the possession of <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Parker" title="Matthew Parker">Matthew Parker</a> from some time after that until his own death in 1575. Although Parker bequeathed most of his library to <a href="/wiki/Corpus_Christi_College,_Cambridge" title="Corpus Christi College, Cambridge">Corpus Christi College, Cambridge</a>, the Cotton manuscript was not included. By 1600, it was in the library of <a href="/wiki/John_Lumley,_1st_Baron_Lumley" title="John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley">Lord Lumley</a> and by 1621 the manuscript was in the possession of <a href="/wiki/Robert_Bruce_Cotton" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Bruce Cotton">Robert Cotton</a>. The Cotton library was moved in 1712 from Cotton House in <a href="/wiki/Westminster" title="Westminster">Westminster</a> to Essex House in the <a href="/wiki/Strand,_London" title="Strand, London">Strand</a> and then moved again in 1730 to <a href="/wiki/Ashburnham_House" title="Ashburnham House">Ashburnham House</a> in Westminster. On the morning of Saturday, 23 October 1731, a fire broke out and the Cotton manuscript was destroyed.<sup id="cite_ref-KL3_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KL3-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a result, the text of Asser's <i>Life</i> is known from a multitude of different sources. Various transcripts had been made of the Cotton manuscript and a facsimile of the first page of the manuscript had been made and published, giving more direct evidence for the hand of the scribe. In addition to these transcripts, the extracts mentioned above made by other early writers have been used to help assemble and assess the text. Because of the lack of the manuscript itself and because Parker's annotations had been copied by some transcribers as if they were part of the text, scholarly editions have had a difficult burden. There have been multiple editions of <i>The Life</i> published, both in Latin and in translation.<sup id="cite_ref-KL3_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KL3-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1904 critical edition (with 130 pages of introduction) by <a href="/wiki/W._H._Stevenson" title="W. H. Stevenson">W. H. Stevenson</a>, <i>Asser's Life of King Alfred, together with the Annals of Saint Neots erroneously ascribed to Asser</i>, still provides the standard Latin text:<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> this was translated into English in 1905 by Albert S. Cook.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Abels328A_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Abels328A-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An important recent translation, with thorough notes on the scholarly problems and issues, is <i>Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources</i> by <a href="/wiki/Simon_Keynes" title="Simon Keynes">Simon Keynes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Lapidge" title="Michael Lapidge">Michael Lapidge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Abels328B_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Abels328B-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legend_of_founding_of_Oxford">Legend of founding of Oxford</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asser&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Legend of founding of Oxford"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1603 the antiquarian <a href="/wiki/William_Camden" title="William Camden">William Camden</a> published an edition of Asser's <i>Life</i> in which there appears a story of a community of scholars at Oxford, who were visited by Grimbald: </p> <blockquote> <p>In the year of our Lord 886, the second year of the arrival of St Grimbald in England, the University of Oxford was begun ... John, monk of the church of St David, giving lectures in logic, music and arithmetic; and John, the monk, colleague of St Grimbald, a man of great parts and a universal scholar, teaching geometry and astronomy before the most glorious and invincible King Alfred.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> <p>There is no support for this in any source known. Camden based his edition on Parker's manuscript, other transcripts of which do not include any such material. It is now acknowledged that this is an interpolation of Camden's, though the legend itself first surfaced in the 14th century.<sup id="cite_ref-CE_Asser_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CE_Asser-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Older books about Alfred the Great include the legend: for example, Jacob Abbott's 1849 <i>Alfred the Great</i> says that "One of the greatest and most important of the measures which Alfred adopted for the intellectual improvement of his people was the founding of the great University of Oxford."<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Claims_of_forgery">Claims of forgery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asser&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Claims of forgery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="forgery"></span> During the 19th and 20th centuries, several scholars asserted that Asser's biography of King Alfred was not authentic, but a forgery. A prominent claim was made in 1964 by the respected historian <a href="/wiki/Vivian_Hunter_Galbraith" class="mw-redirect" title="Vivian Hunter Galbraith">V.H. Galbraith</a> in his essay "Who Wrote Asser's Life of Alfred?" Galbraith argued that there were anachronisms in the text that meant it could not have been written during Asser's lifetime. For example, Asser uses "rex Angul Saxonum" ("king of the Anglo-Saxons") to refer to Alfred. Galbraith asserted that this usage does not appear until the late 10th century. Galbraith also identified the use of "parochia" to refer to Exeter as an anachronism, arguing that it should be translated as "diocese" and hence that it referred to the <a href="/wiki/Bishopric_of_Exeter" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishopric of Exeter">bishopric of Exeter</a>, which was not created until 1050. Galbraith identified the true author as <a href="/wiki/Leofric,_Bishop_of_Exeter" class="mw-redirect" title="Leofric, Bishop of Exeter">Leofric</a>, who became Bishop of <a href="/wiki/United_sees_of_Devon_and_Cornwall" class="mw-redirect" title="United sees of Devon and Cornwall">Devon and Cornwall</a> in 1046. Leofric's motive, according to Galbraith, was to justify the re-establishment of his see at Exeter by demonstrating a precedent for the arrangement.<sup id="cite_ref-KL_2-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Abels321-324_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Abels321-324-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The title "king of the Anglo-Saxons" does, however, in fact occur in royal charters that date to before 892 and "parochia" does not necessarily mean "diocese", but can sometimes refer just to the jurisdiction of a church or monastery. In addition, there are other arguments against Leofric's having been the forger. Aside from the fact that Leofric would have known little about Asser and so would have been unlikely to construct a plausible forgery, there is strong evidence dating the Cotton manuscript to about 1000. The apparent use of Asser's material in other early works that predate Leofric also argues against Galbraith's theory. Galbraith's arguments were refuted to the satisfaction of most historians by <a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Whitelock" title="Dorothy Whitelock">Dorothy Whitelock</a> in <i>Genuine Asser</i>, in the Stenton Lecture of 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KL_2-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Abels321-324_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Abels321-324-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>More recently, in 2002, <a href="/wiki/Alfred_P._Smyth" title="Alfred P. Smyth">Alfred Smyth</a> has argued that the <i>Life</i> is a forgery by <a href="/wiki/Byrhtferth" title="Byrhtferth">Byrhtferth</a>, basing his case primarily on an analysis of Byrhtferth's and Asser's Latin vocabulary. Byrhtferth's motive, according to Smyth, is to lend Alfred's prestige to the Benedictine monastic reform movement of the late tenth century. However, the argument has not been found persuasive, and few historians harbour doubts about the authenticity of the work.<sup id="cite_ref-KL_2-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Abels321-324_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Abels321-324-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Smyth_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smyth-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_works_and_date_of_death">Other works and date of death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asser&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Other works and date of death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to the <i>Life of King Alfred</i>, Asser is credited by Alfred as one of several scholars who assisted with Alfred's translation of <a href="/wiki/Pope_Gregory_I" title="Pope Gregory I">Pope Gregory I</a>'s <i>Regula Pastoralis</i> (<i><a href="/wiki/Pastoral_Care" title="Pastoral Care">Pastoral Care</a></i>). The historian <a href="/wiki/William_of_Malmesbury" title="William of Malmesbury">William of Malmesbury</a>, writing in the 12th century, believed that Asser also assisted Alfred with his translation of <a href="/wiki/Boethius" title="Boethius">Boethius</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Abels11_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Abels11-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Annales_Cambriae" title="Annales Cambriae">Annales Cambriae</a>,</i> a set of Welsh annals that were probably kept at St David's, records Asser's death in the year 908. The <i>Anglo-Saxon Chronicle</i> records the following entry as part of the entry for 909 or 910 (in different versions of the chronicle): "Here Frithustan succeeded to the bishopric in <a href="/wiki/Winchester" title="Winchester">Winchester</a>, and after that Asser, who was bishop at Sherborne, departed."<sup id="cite_ref-Swanton_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Swanton-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The year given by the chronicle was uncertain, because different chroniclers started the new year at different calendar dates, and Asser's date of death is generally given as 908/909.<sup id="cite_ref-KL_2-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asser&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Abels, <i>Alfred the Great</i>, p. 350.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-KL-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-KL_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-KL_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-KL_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-KL_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-KL_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-KL_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-KL_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-KL_2-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-KL_2-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-KL_2-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-KL_2-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-KL_2-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-KL_2-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-KL_2-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-KL_2-14"><sup><i><b>o</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-KL_2-15"><sup><i><b>p</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-KL_2-16"><sup><i><b>q</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-KL_2-17"><sup><i><b>r</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-KL_2-18"><sup><i><b>s</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Simon_Keynes" title="Simon Keynes">Simon Keynes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Lapidge" title="Michael Lapidge">Michael Lapidge</a>, <i>Alfred the Great</i>, pp. 48–58, 93–96, and 220–221.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-brandon71-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-brandon71_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">John McNeil Dodgson. Place-Names in Sussex <i>in</i> Brandons. South Saxons. Ch. IV. p. 71</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-KL93-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-KL93_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Asser tells the story of his recruitment in chapter 79 of his <i>Life of King Alfred</i> (Keynes & Lapidge, <i>Alfred the Great</i>, pp. 93–94).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-KL2-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-KL2_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Keynes and Lapidge, <i>Alfred the Great</i>, pp. 26–27.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-KL96-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-KL96_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The story of Asser's first visit to Alfred's court is taken from chapter 81 of his <i>Life</i> (Keynes & Lapidge, <i>Alfred the Great</i>, p. 96).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Handbook222-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Handbook222_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Fryde, et al. <i>Handbook of British Chronology</i>, p. 222</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Keynes & Lapidge, <i>Alfred the Great</i>, pp. 49, 181</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFGallagher2021" class="citation journal cs1">Gallagher, Robert (2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/ceab276">"Asser and the Writing of West Saxon Charters*"</a>. <i>The English Historical Review</i>. <b>136</b> (581): 773–808. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fehr%2Fceab276">10.1093/ehr/ceab276</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0013-8266">0013-8266</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+English+Historical+Review&rft.atitle=Asser+and+the+Writing+of+West+Saxon+Charters%2A&rft.volume=136&rft.issue=581&rft.pages=773-808&rft.date=2021&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1093%2Fehr%2Fceab276&rft.issn=0013-8266&rft.aulast=Gallagher&rft.aufirst=Robert&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1093%2Fehr%2Fceab276&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAsser" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Abels13-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Abels13_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Abels, <i>Alfred the Great</i>, pp. 13–14.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CampbellTASS142-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-CampbellTASS142_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Campbell, <i>The Anglo-Saxon State</i>, p. 142.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Fletcher_139-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Fletcher_139_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFletcher1989" class="citation book cs1">Fletcher, Richard (1989). <i>Who's Who in Roman Britain and Anglo-Saxon England</i>. Shepheard-Walwyn. p. 139. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-85683-089-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-85683-089-1"><bdi>978-0-85683-089-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Who%27s+Who+in+Roman+Britain+and+Anglo-Saxon+England&rft.pages=139&rft.pub=Shepheard-Walwyn&rft.date=1989&rft.isbn=978-0-85683-089-1&rft.aulast=Fletcher&rft.aufirst=Richard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAsser" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CampbellTASS145-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-CampbellTASS145_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Asser's biases and how to interpret them are discussed in detail in Campbell, <i>The Anglo-Saxon State</i>, pp. 145–150.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Campbell111-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Campbell111_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCampbellJohnWormald1991" class="citation book cs1">Campbell, John; John, Eric; Wormald, Patrick (1991). <i>The Anglo-Saxons</i>. Penguin Books. p. 111. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-14-014395-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-14-014395-9"><bdi>978-0-14-014395-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Anglo-Saxons&rft.pages=111&rft.pub=Penguin+Books&rft.date=1991&rft.isbn=978-0-14-014395-9&rft.aulast=Campbell&rft.aufirst=John&rft.au=John%2C+Eric&rft.au=Wormald%2C+Patrick&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAsser" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-KL5-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-KL5_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Keynes and Lapidge, <i>Alfred the Great</i>, pp. 71–72.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Abels319-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Abels319_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Abels, <i>Alfred the Great</i>, p. 319.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-KL3-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-KL3_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-KL3_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-KL3_17-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Keynes and Lapidge, <i>Alfred the Great</i>, pp. 223–227.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStevenson1904" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a href="/wiki/W._H._Stevenson" title="W. H. Stevenson">Stevenson, William Henry</a> (1904). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/asserslifekinga00stevgoog"><i>Asser's Life of King Alfred: together with the Annals of Saint Neots erroneously ascribed to Asser</i></a> (in Latin and English). Oxford: The Clarendon Press.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Asser%27s+Life+of+King+Alfred%3A+together+with+the+Annals+of+Saint+Neots+erroneously+ascribed+to+Asser&rft.place=Oxford&rft.pub=The+Clarendon+Press&rft.date=1904&rft.aulast=Stevenson&rft.aufirst=William+Henry&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fasserslifekinga00stevgoog&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAsser" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCook1905" class="citation book cs1">Cook, Albert S. (1905). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/asserslifeofking00asseiala"><i>Asser's Life of King Alfred, translated from the text of Stevenson's edition</i></a>. Boston: Ginn and Company. p. 1.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Asser%27s+Life+of+King+Alfred%2C+translated+from+the+text+of+Stevenson%27s+edition&rft.place=Boston&rft.pages=1&rft.pub=Ginn+and+Company&rft.date=1905&rft.aulast=Cook&rft.aufirst=Albert+S.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fasserslifeofking00asseiala&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAsser" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Abels328A-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Abels328A_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Abels, <i>Alfred the Great</i>, p. 328.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Abels328B-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Abels328B_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Richard Abels (<i>Alfred the Great</i>, p. 328) describes Keynes and Lapidge's book as "The best collection of primary sources in translation", and "an indispensable guide to the scholarly problems and issues surrounding these works".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110609180358/http://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/about/oxford-figures/ch1-1">"Oxford Figures – About: The Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/about/oxford-figures/ch1-1">the original</a> on 9 June 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 January</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Oxford+Figures+%E2%80%93+About%3A+The+Mathematical+Institute%2C+University+of+Oxford&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fabout%2Foxford-figures%2Fch1-1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAsser" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CE_Asser-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-CE_Asser_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFA'Becket1907" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">A'Becket, John Joseph (1907). <span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/John Asser"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/John_Asser">"John Asser" </a></span>. In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). <i><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia" title="Catholic Encyclopedia">Catholic Encyclopedia</a></i>. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=John+Asser&rft.btitle=Catholic+Encyclopedia&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Robert+Appleton+Company&rft.date=1907&rft.aulast=A%27Becket&rft.aufirst=John+Joseph&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAsser" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See for example <i>The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907–21): Volume I. From the Beginnings to the Cycles of Romance.</i> Chapter VI: Alfred and the Old English Prose of his Reign, § 1: Asser's Life of Alfred is online at <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bartleby.com/211/0601.html">"§1. Asser's "Life of Alfred". VI. Alfred and the Old English Prose of his Reign. Vol. 1. From the Beginnings to the Cycles of Romance"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 April</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%C2%A71.+Asser%27s+%22Life+of+Alfred%22.+VI.+Alfred+and+the+Old+English+Prose+of+his+Reign.+Vol.+1.+From+the+Beginnings+to+the+Cycles+of+Romance.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bartleby.com%2F211%2F0601.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAsser" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=abbott&book=alfred&story=reign">"The Baldwin Project: Alfred the Great by Jacob Abbott"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 April</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Baldwin+Project%3A+Alfred+the+Great+by+Jacob+Abbott&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mainlesson.com%2Fdisplay.php%3Fauthor%3Dabbott%26book%3Dalfred%26story%3Dreign&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAsser" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Abels321-324-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Abels321-324_26-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Abels321-324_26-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Abels321-324_26-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">See "On the Authenticity of <i>Asser's Life of King Alfred</i>" in Abels, <i>Alfred the Great</i>, pp. 321–324. Pages 319–321 review Galbraith's argument, and the academic response; 321–324 cover Smyth.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWhitelock1968" class="citation book cs1">Whitelock, Dorothy (1968). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://whitlockfamilyassociation.com.s3.amazonaws.com/sources/references/R2413.pdf"><i>Genuine Asser</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. University of Reading. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220115181941/http://whitlockfamilyassociation.com.s3.amazonaws.com/sources/references/R2413.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on 15 January 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 May</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Genuine+Asser&rft.pub=University+of+Reading&rft.date=1968&rft.aulast=Whitelock&rft.aufirst=Dorothy&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitlockfamilyassociation.com.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fsources%2Freferences%2FR2413.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAsser" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Smyth-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Smyth_28-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSmyth2002" class="citation book cs1">Smyth, Alfred P. (2002). <i>The Medieval Life of King Alfred the Great</i>. Palgrave Macmillan. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-333-69917-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-333-69917-1"><bdi>978-0-333-69917-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Medieval+Life+of+King+Alfred+the+Great&rft.pub=Palgrave+Macmillan&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=978-0-333-69917-1&rft.aulast=Smyth&rft.aufirst=Alfred+P.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAsser" class="Z3988"></span> Smyth's book is also <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.palgrave.com/pdfs/0333699173.pdf">available online</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Abels11-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Abels11_29-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Abels, <i>Alfred the Great</i>, p. 11.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Swanton-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Swanton_30-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSwanton1996" class="citation book cs1">Swanton, Michael (1996). <i>The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle</i>. Routledge. pp. 94–95. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-415-92129-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-415-92129-9"><bdi>978-0-415-92129-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Anglo-Saxon+Chronicle&rft.pages=94-95&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=978-0-415-92129-9&rft.aulast=Swanton&rft.aufirst=Michael&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAsser" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asser&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Asser, <i>Asser's Life of King Alfred</i>, ed. William H. 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Chichester: Phillimore. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-85033-240-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-85033-240-7"><bdi>978-0-85033-240-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+South+Saxons&rft.place=Chichester&rft.pub=Phillimore&rft.date=1978&rft.isbn=978-0-85033-240-7&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAsser" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1">Campbell, James (2000). <i>The Anglo-Saxon State</i>. Hambledon and London. p. 142. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85285-176-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85285-176-7"><bdi>978-1-85285-176-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Anglo-Saxon+State&rft.pages=142&rft.pub=Hambledon+and+London&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=978-1-85285-176-7&rft.aulast=Campbell&rft.aufirst=James&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAsser" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1">Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). <i>Handbook of British Chronology</i> (Third revised ed.). 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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pase.ac.uk/jsp/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?personKey=13619">Asser 1</a> at <a href="/wiki/Prosopography_of_Anglo-Saxon_England" title="Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England">Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120415221913/http://www.northvegr.org/histories%20and%20chronicles/the%20life%20of%20king%20alfred/index.html">HTML full text of Asser's <i>Life of King Alfred</i></a> (English translation)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/assers-life-of-king-alfred">Digital facsimile</a> of London, British Library, Cotton MS Otho A XII/1, the unique manuscript of Asser's <i>Life of Alfred</i></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bartleby.com/211/0601.html">Asser's <i>Life of Alfred</i></a>, commentary from <i><a 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title="Walter de la Wyle">Walter de la Wyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Wickhampton" title="Robert Wickhampton">Robert Wickhampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Scammel" title="Walter Scammel">Walter Scammel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Brandeston" title="Henry Brandeston">Henry Brandeston</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_de_Awkeburne" title="Lawrence de Awkeburne">Lawrence de Awkeburne</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_de_la_Corner" title="William de la Corner">William de la Corner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Longespee" title="Nicholas Longespee">Nicholas Longespee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_of_Ghent" title="Simon of Ghent">Simon of Ghent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Martival" title="Roger Martival">Roger Martival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Wyvil" title="Robert Wyvil">Robert Wyvil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Ergham" title="Ralph Ergham">Ralph Ergham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Waltham" title="John Waltham">John Waltham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Mitford" title="Richard Mitford">Richard Mitford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Bubwith" title="Nicholas Bubwith">Nicholas Bubwith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hallam" title="Robert Hallam">Robert Hallam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Chandler_(bishop)" title="John Chandler (bishop)">John Chandler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Neville_(bishop)" title="Robert Neville (bishop)">Robert Neville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Ayscough" title="William Ayscough">William Ayscough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Beauchamp_(bishop)" title="Richard Beauchamp (bishop)">Richard Beauchamp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Woodville" title="Lionel Woodville">Lionel Woodville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Langton" title="Thomas Langton">Thomas Langton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Blyth_(bishop)" title="John Blyth (bishop)">John Blyth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Deane_(archbishop_of_Canterbury)" title="Henry Deane 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Gheast">Edmund Gheast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Piers" title="John Piers">John Piers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Coldwell" title="John Coldwell">John Coldwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Cotton_(bishop)" title="Henry Cotton (bishop)">Henry Cotton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Abbot_(bishop)" title="Robert Abbot (bishop)">Robert Abbot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Fotherby" title="Martin Fotherby">Martin Fotherby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Tounson" title="Robert Tounson">Robert Tounson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Davenant" title="John Davenant">John Davenant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Duppa" title="Brian Duppa">Brian Duppa</a></li> <li><i>Episcopacy abolished (<a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_England" title="Commonwealth of England">Commonwealth</a>)</i></li> <li>Brian Duppa</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humphrey_Henchman" title="Humphrey Henchman">Humphrey Henchman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Earle_(bishop)" title="John Earle (bishop)">John 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