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A History of the County of Worcester
… of land at Pershore were given by Ethelred, King of Mercia, in 681 to his thegn Oswald. 15 By a charter ascribed …
A History of the County of Warwick
… predecessor Ostfor had obtained from Ethelred, King of Mercia, to whom it belonged in the right of his Queen … Bath by Bishop Heathored: 4 and in 845 Beorhtwulf, King of Mercia, granted to Bishop Heaberht that the monks here should … to have been given to that house by Ludican, King of Mercia 180 (8257), but lost, with other lands in …
A History of the County of Warwick
… time the manor of SUTTON was held by Earl Edwin of Mercia, and in 1086 by William I. 26 It remained in the …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… 76 has been disputed. In the 8th-century wars between Mercia and Wessex the district round Wallingford was a …
A History of the County of Warwick
… water. The burh was one of ten built for the defence of Mercia against the Danes; 29 it commanded both the river …
Annales Cestrienses
… et Mercii facti sunt christiani. 655 Penda, king [of Mercia], was slain, and the Mercians became christians. dclvj … died. dclxx Sanctus Cedda floruit. 670 S. Chad [bishop of Mercia] flourished. dclxxj (Ind. xlv). 671 (Indiction 45). … rex Merci pater Werburge obiit. 675 Wulferus, king of Mercia, father of S. Werburg, died. dclxxix Sancta Hilda …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… any other city whatsoever. In 676, Ethelred, king of Mercia, having invaded Kent, destroyed this city, and …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… and bishop Beornmod, in the year 811, by Cnulf, king of Mercia, as three plough lands. This manor seems to have …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… he had thoughts of resigning it, when Ethelred, kirg of Mercia, entering Kent, and burning this city, together with … in that design. This was in 676, after which he went into Mercia, and accepted the charge of some small retired parish, …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… 8 and in the close of a charter of Kenulph, king of Mercia, in the year 810, it is dated in the famous city, …