Wigred (or WilgredThe Catholic Encyclopedia accessed on 29 August 2007) (died c. 942) was appointed Bishop of Chester-le-Street around 925.Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 214 He was also known as the Bishop of the Church of St Cuthbert. He attested charters of King Æthelstan between 928 and 934, and the bishopric in his time was probably the greatest landholder between the Tees and the Tyne.Keynes, Attestations, Table XXXVII; Molyneaux, The Formation of the English Kingdom, p. 30
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