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===Bishop=== In 675, Earconwald became [[Bishop of London]], succeeding Bishop [[Wine (bishop)|Wine]].<ref name=Handbook219>Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 219</ref> He was the choice of Archbishop [[Theodore of Canterbury]].<ref name=Kirby95>Kirby ''Earliest English Kings'' pp. 95–96</ref> It is also said that his selection as Bishop of London was at the insistence of [[Sæbbi of Essex|King Sebbi]].<ref name="catholic.org">{{Cite web |title=St. Erconwald - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia |url=https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=4335 |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=Catholic Online |language=en}}</ref> An ancient epitaph says that Earconwald served as bishop of London for eleven years.<ref name="catholic.org"/> He was granted the manor (landholding) of [[Fulham]] about the year 691 for himself and his successors as [[Bishop of London]]. The manor house was [[Fulham Palace]]. Nine centuries later, it was the summer residence of the Bishops of London.<ref>{{cite web |author=Walford, Edward |date=1878 |title=''Fulham: Introduction'', in Old and New London |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/old-new-london/vol6/pp504-521 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024025456/http://www.british-history.ac.uk/old-new-london/vol6/pp504-521 |archive-date=24 October 2016 |access-date=23 October 2016 |publisher=British History Online |pages=504–521 |volume=6 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[File:Orthodox Image of St Erkenwald, Bishop of London.jpg|thumb|Orthodox Image of St Erkenwald: Erkenwald is considered a saint of the undivided church ]] Earconwald was an important contributor to the reconversion of Essex, and the [[Bishop of London#List of Bishops|fourth Bishop of London since the restoration of the diocese]], and he was present at the reconciliation between Archbishop Theodore and [[Wilfrid|Wilfrith]].<ref name="catholic.org"/> While bishop, he contributed to King [[Ine of Wessex]]'s law code, and is mentioned specifically in the code as a contributor.<ref name=Conversion235>Yorke ''Conversion of Britain'' p. 235</ref> King Ine named Earconwald as an advisor on his laws<ref name="Kirby103">Kirby ''Earliest English Kings'' p. 103</ref> and called Earconwald "my bishop" in the preface to his laws.<ref name="catholic.org"/> Current historical scholarship credits Earconwald with a major role in the evolution of Anglo-Saxon charters, and it is possible that he drafted the charter of Caedwalla to Farnham.<ref name=Kirby102>Kirby ''Earliest English Kings'' p. 102</ref>[[File:Bishopsgate Hollar.PNG|thumb|The now lost Bishops Gate: a Roman gate in the walls of Roman London, repaired by St Earconwald and then named after him]]When [[Saint Fursey|St Fursey]] (a Celtic cleric who did much to establish [[Christianity]] throughout the [[British Isles]] and particularly in [[Kingdom of East Anglia|East Anglia]]) died in 650 he was buried in a church built specially by Earconwald in [[Péronne, Somme|Péronne]] which has claimed Fursey as patron ever since.<ref name="pilgrims">{{cite web |title=Who Was Fursey |url=http://www.furseypilgrims.co.uk/fursey.htm |access-date=2015-03-01 |publisher=Furseypilgrims.co.uk}}</ref>
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