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A History of the County of Stafford
… Wilfrid when he was exercising episcopal functions in Mercia between 666 and 669. Wilfrid founded a number of unidentified 'monasteries' in Mercia, and his devotion to St. Andrew is indicated by his … Life, p. xv; Proc. Royal Irish Acad. xxviii. C, 202-46; E.H.R. xxxv. 71-8; Hermathena: a Series of Papers on …
A History of the County of Stafford
… proRoman bishop of York, exercised episcopal functions in Mercia, whose king, Wulfhere, gave him land in various places … were still held before the Conquest by the earls of Mercia. The family, however, were probably protectors of the … in Anglo-Saxon Eng. ed. S. C. Hawkes (1989), 145, 147-8. e.g. Anlastoft, the early name for Anderstaff Lane (see …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln, 1 mile (E. N. E.) from Caistor; containing 166 inhabitants. This parish, … a signal victory at this place over Wiglof, King of Mercia, in 827; in commemoration of which a cross was erected …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… of Bromfield, county of Denbigh, North Wales, 4 miles (E.) from Wrexham; containing 110 inhabitants. It is of small … Dinas-Powys, county of Glamorgan, South Wales, 3 miles (S. E. by E.) from Cowbridge: the population is returned with the … who records that, "in the year 831, the Saxons of Mercia came unexpectedly in the night, and burnt the …
Westminster Abbey Charters, 1066 - c.1214
… W I, informing Leofwine, bp. of Lichfield, Earl Edwin [of Mercia] and the thegns in Staffs., that the land of Perton … Robert, count of Meulan, who acquired his title in 1081 (G.E.C. VII, 5236). But William, bp. of London, d.1075 ( Fasti …
A History of the County of Somerset
… brook. The higher land lies mostly on sandstone (Mercia Mudstone in the south and south-west, Otter Sandstone … S.D.N.Q. xviii. 177-8. This article was completed in 1989. E.H.D. i. 535. V.C.H. Som. ii. 109. Leland, Itin. ed. Toulmin … (1809 edn.). S.R.O., tithe award; below, manors. P.R.O., E 142/8; ibid. SC 6/1090/4. S.R.S. lxviii, p. 47. P.R.O., SC …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… CANNOCK ( St. Luke), a parish, in the union of Penkridge, E. division of the hundred of Cuttlestone, S. division of the … a township, in the parish of Cannock, union of Penkridge, E. division of the hundred of Cuttlestone, S. division of the … either of the archbishop or the pope. Offa, King of Mercia, attempted to divide the jurisdiction, and the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… later factory of similar type, occupied in 1956 by E. W. Wynn, ironfounders, stands at the corner of Watling … demesne as part of the escheated lands of the Earldom of Mercia. 95 Some rights in the vill seem to have been among … for Compounding, 2929; S.H.C. 1915, 321. S.H.C. 1927, 74. E 134/Hil. 3 and 4 Anne, no. 18. Dugd. Mon. v. 447. S.H.C. …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… down; 14 again in the year 918, lfleda, the mighty lady of Mercia, besieging and burning the city itself, spoiled, …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… church is mentioned in a charter of Cnulph, king of Mercia, and Cuthred, king of Kent, anno 804, being a gift to …