Æthelric I (died 1038) was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Selsey.
Life
Perhaps previously a monk at Christ Church Canterbury, Æthelric was probably Bishop of Selsey by 1032, when he witnessed a charter of King Cnut.Kelly Charters of Selsey p. xciiAnglo-Saxons.net Charters S964 accessed on 25 August 2007 Nothing else is known of his origins.Lawson Cnut p. 137
But is it curious that Æthelric's predecessor supposedly attested a charter of Cnut dated 1033.Anglo-Saxons.net Charters S969 accessed on 25 August 2007 The probable explanation is that Ælfmær witnessed the conveyance itself which took place in 1032 but the charter recording the transaction was not prepared until 1033.O'Donovan Charters of Sherborne pp. 72-73
According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, version D, Æthelric died in 1038: "In this year died Archbishop Æthelnoth the Good, also Æthelric, Bishop of Sussex, who desired of God that He would not allow him to outlive his dear father Æthelnoth".
The Handbook of British Chronology gives the dates of his bishopric as 1032 through November or December 1038.Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 221 The historian Frank Barlow felt that Æthelric was the ultimate source for information Eadmer gathered about Dunstan.Barlow English Church 1000-1066 p. 74 Barlow also felt that Æthelric was a member of Dunstan's reforming group.Barlow English Church 1000-1066 p. 222
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