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Cyneweard (died 975) was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Wells. He was a monk of Glastonbury AbbeyKnowles Monastic Order in England p. 65 note 3 before becoming abbot of Milton Abbey in 964.Knowles, et al. Heads of Religious Houses p. 56 He was consecrated bishop of the Diocese of Wells in about 973 or 974, and died in office on 28 June 975.Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 222 His death is mentioned in the short Old English poem "The Death of King Edgar",Bragg Lyric Speakers p. 70 which occurs in the entry for 975 of two of the manuscripts of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
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