Perhaps previously a monk at Christ Church Canterbury, Æthelric was probably Bishop of Selsey by 1032, when he witnessed a charter of King Cnut.
[3] But is it curious that Æthelric's predecessor supposedly attested a charter of Cnut dated 1033.
[4] The probable explanation is that Ælfmær witnessed the conveyance itself which took place in 1032 but the charter recording the transaction was not prepared until 1033.
[5] According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, version D, Æthelric died in 1038: "In this year died Archbishop Æthelnoth the Good, also Æthelric, Bishop of Sussex, who desired of God that He would not allow him to outlive his dear father Æthelnoth".
[6] The historian Frank Barlow felt that Æthelric was the ultimate source for information Eadmer gathered about Dunstan.