Eadnoth | |
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Bishop of Dorchester | |
Province | Canterbury |
Diocese | Dorchester |
Installed | Between 1007 and 1009 |
Term ended | 1016 |
Predecessor | Ælfhelm |
Successor | Æthelric |
Other post(s) | Previously Abbot of Ramsey (c. 992—1007 x 1009) |
Personal details | |
Parents | Æthelstan Mannessune and unknown (kinswoman of Archbishop Oswald) |
Profession | Monk |
Sainthood | |
Feast day | 18 October |
Patronage | Ramsey Abbey |
Shrines | Ely Cathedral (medieval) |
Cult suppressed | See Dissolution of the Monasteries |
Eadnoth the Younger or Eadnoth I was a medieval monk and prelate, successively Abbot of Ramsey and Bishop of Dorchester. From a prominent family of priests in the Fens, he was related to Oswald, Bishop of Worcester, Archbishop of York and founder of Ramsey Abbey. Following in the footsteps of his illustrious kinsman, he initially became a monk at Worcester. He is found at Ramsey supervising construction works in the 980s, and around 992 actually became Abbot of Ramsey. As abbot, he founded two daughter houses in what is now Cambridgeshire, namely, a monastery at St Ives and a nunnery at Chatteris. At some point between 1007 and 1009, he became Bishop of Dorchester, a see that encompassed much of the eastern Danelaw. He died at the Battle of Assandun in 1016, fighting Cnut the Great.