High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Wulfred (died 24 March 832) was an Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of Canterbury in medieval England. Nothing is known of his life prior to 803, when he attended a church council, but he was probably a nobleman from Middlesex. He was elected archbishop in 805 and spent his time in office reforming the clergy of his cathedral. He also quarrelled with two consecutive Mercian kings – Coenwulf and Ceolwulf – over whether laymen or clergy should control monasteries. At one point, Wulfred travelled to Rome to consult with the papacy and was deposed from office for a number of years over the issue. After Coenwulf`s death, relations were somewhat better with the new king Ceolwulf, but improved much more after Ceolwulf`s subsequent deposition. The dispute about control of the monasteries was not fully settled until 838, after Wulfred`s death. Wulfred was the first archbishop to place his portrait on the coinage he struck.