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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 …
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 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 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
… 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 …
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 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 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
… demesne as part of the escheated lands of the Earldom of Mercia. 95 Some rights in the vill seem to have been among …
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 …