Talk:Bishop of Cornwall

Bishop of Cornwall
I found the following source which may be of interest to anyone that wants to add to this article. Jowaninpensans (talk) 18:36, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall

Asser
has edited this article and the Kenstec article to state that Asser was Bishop of Cornwall from 888/893 to 909. This is based on a reliable source, Simon Keynes's list of bishops in the Handbook of British Chronology, 1996, p. 214. However, it is not stated in other reliable sources. Patrick Wormald in his 2004 ODNB article about Asser does not mention Cornwall. Thomas Charles-Edwards in his Wales and the Britons, 2013, p. 431, discussing the Cornish church in this period, says that Kenstec professed obedience to Canterbury between 833 and 870, and Alfred gave Asser the church of Exeter with its territory in Devon and Cornwall, but not that he was bishop of Cornwall. Keynes himself on Asser in the Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia, 2014, p. 51, does not state that Asser was bishop of Cornwall. Keynes only says that he was given the monastery of Exeter and that he may have been suffragan bishop of Devon and Cornwall before he became bishop of Sherborne. Keynes also lists Asser in the Handbook as bishop of Sherborne from the 890s to 909. I am not aware of any other case of a bishop being described as of an area which was part of his see and I think that stating that Asser was Bishop of Cornwall based on one source even though it is not supported elsewhere - including by Keynes - is WP:UNDUE. Dudley Miles (talk) 18:44, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's an impressive list of authorities. I have no objection to your editing Asser out if you want to. --Antiquary (talk) 19:57, 7 May 2022 (UTC)