Tota (bishop)

This article is about the 8th century Bishop of Selsey. For other uses, see Tota.

Tota
Bishop of Selsey
Appointed	between 781 and 786
Term ended	between 786 and 789
Predecessor	Gislhere
Successor	Wihthun
Orders
Consecration	between 781 and 786
Personal details
Died	between 786 and 789
Denomination	Christian

Tota (also Thoha, Totta, or Toha^[1]), was a Bishop of Selsey when Sussex was being ruled by Offa of Mercia.

Not very much is known of Tota but he is recorded as present at a church council (Synod of Calcuthiens) attended by papal legates in 786.^[2]^[3] He was consecrated between 781 and 786.^[4]

Tota died between 786 and 789.^[4]

Citations

↑ Heron-Allen Selsey Bill p. 113
↑ Heron-Allen Selsey Bill p. 120
↑ Kelly Charters of Selsey p. lxxxix
1 2 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 221

References

Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
Heron-Allen, Edward (1911). Selsey Bill. Historic and Prehistoric. London: Duckworth.
Kelly, S. E. (1998). Charters of Selsey. Anglo-Saxon Charters VI. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-726175-2.

External links

Tota 1 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

Christian titles
Preceded by Gislhere	Bishop of Selsey	Succeeded by Wihthun

Bishops of Chichester

Bishops of Selsey	Wilfrid Eadberht Eolla Sigeferth Aluberht Oswald Gislhere Tota Wihthun Æthelwulf Cynered Guthheard Wighelm Beornheah Wulfhun Guthheard Ælfred Daniel Brihthelm Eadhelm Æthelgar Ordbriht Ælfmær Æthelric I Grimketel Heca Æthelric II Stigand See translated

High Medieval	Stigand of Selsey Godfrey Ralph de Luffa Seffrid Hilary John of Greenford Seffrid Simon of Wells Nicholas de Aquila Richard Poore Ranulf of Wareham Ralph Neville Robert Passelewe Richard de la Wich John Climping Stephen Bersted Gilbert of St Leonard

Late Medieval	John Langton Robert de Stratford William Lenn William Reade Thomas Rushhook Richard Mitford Robert Waldby Robert Reed Stephen Patrington Henry Ware John Kemp Thomas Polton John Rickingale Thomas Brunce Simon Sydenham Richard Praty Adam Moleyns Reginald Pecock John Arundel Edward Story Richard FitzJames

Early modern	Robert Sherborne Richard Sampson George Day John Scory George Day John Christopherson William Barlow Richard Curteys Thomas Bickley Anthony Watson Lancelot Andrewes Samuel Harsnett George Carleton Richard Montagu Brian Duppa Henry King Peter Gunning Ralph Brideoake Guy Carleton John Lake Simon Patrick Robert Grove John Williams Thomas Manningham Thomas Bowers Edward Waddington Francis Hare Matthias Mawson Sir William Ashburnham

Late modern	John Buckner Robert Carr Edward Maltby William Otter Philip Shuttleworth Ashurst Gilbert Richard Durnford Ernest Wilberforce Charles Ridgeway Winfrid Burrows George Bell Roger Wilson Eric Kemp John Hind Martin Warner

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