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A History of the County of Oxford
… is implied in 779 when Offa of Mercia, after defeating Cynewulf of Wessex at Benson, allegedly built a fortress on …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… certainly in the hands of the king of Wessex. In 778 King Cynewulf granted away 13 manentes of them, apparently the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Offa restored the supremacy of Mercia by the defeat of Cynewulf at the Battle of Bensington near Dorchester in 777, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… in 745, 432 though an apparently genuine charter of Cynewulf of 758 433 granting Marden and Rodbourne to … See Haddan and Stubbs, Councils, iii, 396, for grant by Cynewulf to Malmesbury. This name is not found in Wm. of …
A History of the County of Derby
… King Sigebert's brother, was killed in battle with Cynewulf, king of Wessex, in 786, it is recorded that he was …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… years later the reverse was the case, when Offa routed Cynewulf of Wessex at Bensington. One result of this was the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… under abbess or prioress. The nuns appear no more. In 758 Cynewulf King of the West Saxons 12 with the consent of Offa … Bath, and south of the river the land he had bought from Cynewulf King of the West Saxons. So Bath becomes part of the …
A History of the County of Kent
… Kent, in 741 to have been abbot there; while a charter of Cynewulf, kingof Mercia, and Cuthred, king of Kent, in 804 is …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 200 Cutt, John, 93 'Cynete' (battle), see Kennett, East Cynewulf, king of Wessex, 128 D. damages, claims for, 213 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… I. 221. Cymbeline's Mount, Ellesborough. I. 139; II. 17. Cynewulf, defeat by Offa, 777. II. 11. Dagnel, Edlesborough. …