Bede wrote that Bishop Wilfrid, visiting Bosham in 681, found a small monastery with five or six brethren led by Dicul, an Irish monk.

Succeeding Bishops of Exeter continued to hold the church and estate of Bosham until the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

[3] The church is built of rubble with ashlar dressing; it has a tiled roof and a shingled spire.

[7] In 2003, amateur historians sought permission from the consistory court of the Diocese of Chichester to exhume the remains, in order to confirm if they were those of King Harold.

It was stated that exhumation should only be carried out on "special and exceptional grounds" or for a "good reason"; the court heard that the three supposed descendants each had different DNA.