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Ælfweard of London

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Appointed
  
1035

Predecessor
  
AElfwig

Consecration
  
1035

Name
  
AElfweard London

Term ended
  
July 1044

Successor
  
Robert of Jumieges

Died
  
25 or 27 July 1044

Ælfweard (died 1044) was a medieval Bishop of London.

A monk from Ramsey on the Isle of Man who became the Abbot of Evesham in 1014, Ælfweard became Bishop of London but retained Evesham. He was consecrated in 1035, but when he developed leprosy he was expelled from Evesham and he returned to Ramsey. He died on either 25 or 27 July 1044.

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Ælfweard of London Wikipedia