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Hræthhun

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Appointed
  
between 814 and 816

Predecessor
  
Wernbeorht

Consecration
  
between 814 and 816

Name
  
Hræthhun Hræthhun

Term ended
  
839 or 840

Successor
  
Ealdred

Died
  
839 or 840

Hræthhun (or Rethhun or Hrethhun) Bishop of Leicester, died in 839 or 840.

Hræthhun was consecrated bishop between 814 and 816. He was styled Abbot of Abingdon in a charter dated 811. However, this charter was found to be a forgery, and so Kelly (2000) excluded him from the list of abbots.

References

Hræthhun Wikipedia