Egfrith Offering The Bishopric of Hexham to Cuthbert, 678 by W. Bell Scott. (B) PER242 was working

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Egfrith Offering The Bishopric of Hexham to Cuthbert, 678 by W. Bell Scott. (B) PER242 was workingNBP0049B. Egfrith Offering The Bishopric of Hexham to Cuthbert, 678 by W. Bell Scott. When Egfrith of Northumbria divided his kingdom into four bishopries. York, Lindisfarne, Hexham and Lindsey and deprived Bishop Wilfred of his power. The see of Hexham was offered to Cuthbert, the hermit of Farne Island. He may have refused the offer, for in 685 he was consecrated Bishop of Lindisfarne but soon after he resigned and returned to his hermitage where he