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Sideman (or Sidemann) was a medieval Bishop of Crediton.Sideman was elected to Crediton in 973. He died on 30 April or 1 May or 2 May in 977. According to Byrhtferth of Ramsey Sideman was a protégé of Ælfhere ealdorman of Mercia. The same source says that Edward the Martyr was fostered by Sideman for a time before Edward’s father’s death. He died at a Royal council held at Kirtlington in Oxfordshire in 977 and was buried at Abingdon Abbey in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire).

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