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body of St. Chadd removed into it : he survived this dedication 



21 years. 

 721. ALDWINK, 9th Bishop, succeeded him, and remained until 73?: in 



his time lived Bede, the ancient historian. 

 737. WICTA succeeded Aldwine : he died the 10th Bishop in 

 752. When HEMELE succeeded him, who governed 12 years. 

 764. CUTHRED succeeded him, and died 768, by the Lichfield Register. 

 768. BERTHUNUS, the 13th Bishop, governed till 785, when, in 



785. SIGIBERT was chosen into his See j soon after which Offa, an 

 uncontrollable monarch, made this an Archiepiscopal See, and, in 



786. ADULPHUS was by Pope Adrian created Archbishop by the influ- 

 ence of King Offa, and remained until 812, when, in 



812. HEREWIN succeeded him in the See of Lichfield only. 



817- ATHELWALD succeeded as Bishop of Lichfield : he instituted pre- 

 bendaries in his Cathedral Church in 822, when Ceolwolfe was 

 King of the Mercians. He governed this See 35 years. 



862. HUMBERT was chosen 18th Bishop of this See : he died 867. KEN- 

 FERTH governed this See after him, and sat 23 years, dying in 

 890 : his successor was 



890. TUNFRITH : he governed this See 30 years. Alfred was, part of 

 this time, King of the West Saxons. 



920. ,/ELWINUS succeeded and ruled this See in King Ethelstan's 

 time, and remained 24 years. 



944. ALFGAR was elected into this See, and having sat 16 years, 



960. KINSIUS succeeded, being the 23d Bishop: he sat 14 years. 



974. WINSIUS succeeded him : he is said to have confirmed King 

 Edgar's charter, called the Golden Charter. He presided 18 years, 

 and was the 24th Bishop. 



992. ./ELFEGUS was soon elected Bishop of Lichfield : his name is found 

 affixed to two charters of King Ethelred. He governed 15 years, 

 and was the 25th Bishop, 

 1007. GODWIN succeeding : he governed 13 years, and was the 26th 



Bishop. 

 1020. LEOFGANUS was his successor, presiding only 7 years: he died 



1027, and was the 27th Bishop. 

 1027- BRITHMARUS was elected into this See, and governed it 11 years : 



he was the 28th Bishop. 



1038. WULFI us was chosen : he governed 16 years. In his time, 1044, 

 Leofric, Earl of Hereford, enlarged and almost new built the 

 monastery at Coventry, and endowed it with large possessions. 

 Wulfius died 1045, and was the 29th Bishop. 



1054. LEOFWIN was made Bishop of Lichfield by King Edward the Con- 

 fessor: he ruled 12 years, and died 1066. At the latter end of his life 

 William the Norman invaded England. He was the 30th Bishop. 



