Heca
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Hecca 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. He was an Englishman, and a royal clerk. He died in 1057.
Anglo-Saxons
Anglo-Saxon is a term used by historians to designate the Germanic tribes who invaded and settled the south and east of Great Britain beginning in the early 5th century AD, and the period from their creation of the English nation to the Norman conquest. The Anglo-Saxon Era denotes the period of...
Bishop of Selsey. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals in Old English chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons. The original manuscript of the Chronicle was created late in the 9th century, probably in Wessex, during the reign of Alfred the Great...
, Hecca was chaplain to Edward the Confessor
Edward the Confessor
Edward the Confessor also known as St. Edward the Confessor , son of Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy, was one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England and is usually regarded as the last king of the House of Wessex, ruling from 1042 to 1066....
and became bishop when Grimketel died in 1047. He was an Englishman, and a royal clerk. He died in 1057.