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Æthelric (or Ethelric; died 1072) was Bishop of Durham from 1041 to 1056 when he resigned.Æthelric was a monk at Peterborough Abbey before Bishop Eadmund of Durham brought him to Durham to instruct the Durham monks in monastic life. Æthelric was consecrated as bishop on 11 January 1041 at York. Æthelric may have owed his advancement to Siward Earl of Northumbria who later restored Æthelric to Durham after Æthelric was forced to flee during a quarrel with the Durham monks.