In 792 Archbishop Æthelhard was translated to Archbishop of Canterbury by King Offa of Mercia.
On 21 Jan 793 Archbishop Æthelhard was enthroned Archbishop of Canterbury in a service presided over by .
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 803. This year died Hibbald, Bishop of Holy-island, on the twenty-fourth of June, and Egbert was consecrated in his stead, on the thirteenth of June following. Archbishop Ethelherd also died in Kent, and Wulfred was chosen archbishop in his stead. Abbot Forthred, in the course of the same year, departed this life.
On 12 May 805 Archbishop Æthelhard died.