Heca

Heca
Bishop of Selsey
Appointed1047
Term ended1057
PredecessorGrimketel
SuccessorÆthelric II
Other post(s)royal chaplain
Personal details
Died1057
DenominationChristian

Hecca (or Heca) was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Selsey. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Hecca was chaplain to Edward the Confessor and became bishop when Grimketel died in 1047.[1][a] He was an Englishman, and a royal clerk.[2][3] He died in 1057.[4][5][b]

  1. ^ Swanton Anglo Saxon Chronicle pp. 164–166
  2. ^ Barlow Edward the Confessor p. 86
  3. ^ Barlow English Church 1000–1066 p. 76
  4. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 221
  5. ^ Swanton Anglo Saxon Chronicle p. 188


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