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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… first attempt against the dignity of this see was made by Offa, king of the Mercians, who was at first a good … his successor archbishop Athelard, after the death of king Offa, soon regained his whole right and jurisdiction, by the … kingdom, and the consent of king Ceonulph, who succeeded Offa, 16 who in one of his letters to pope Leo for that …
A History of the County of Hertford
… of the hundred. These they claimed by the grant of King Offa; 17 but Offa's grant could not have included such extensive liberties …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… who were slain during their invasions of this kingdom. Offa, king of Mercia, one of the most powerful princes of the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… deeds both Agene and Hagene, which was given by king Offa, in 791, to the priory of Christchurch. 1 King Edward …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… boundary of the estate given in the year 774, by king Offa to archbishop Janibert, mentioned below, ( ubi nominant … and seems to have been included in the grant which king Offa made in 774, of three ploughlands or sulings at Hlyde, …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… at length it was granted, by the name of Andred, by king Offa, to Christ-church, Canterbury. There are two places … here at Newenden. THE MANOR of Newenden was given by Offa, king of Mercia, by the name of Andred, to the monks of …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… out of the county-stock of the eastern division. King Offa, in 791, granted to the priory of Christchurch, in …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… in 792, ( Speed says, May 18, 783,) by the treachery of Offa King of the Mercians, who by fair promises of giving him … on the river Lug; but after, on remorse of conscience, Offa removed it to Hereford, over whom Milfrid, an under king … 27 but notwithstanding this splendid kind of repentance, Offa takes possession of the inheritance of the murdered …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… Saxony, of Queen Siwara, and soon after it happened, that Offa King of the East-Angles, who had no heir, passed through … Bishop, when he was made King of the East-Angles; after Offa's death, the Angles went to the King of Saxony, and demanded Edmund his son, and received him as Offa's successour, 8 and hastening home, they landed at …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… parish; within the grounds is the southern termination of Offa's Dyke, which passes through the estate, and over … and several Roman and Danish camps on the line of Offa's Dyke, in Churchend and Wibdon, some of which were …