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A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… in 728, between Rhodri Molwynog, and Ethelbald, King of Mercia. The parish is bounded partly on the north and on the … was stormed, in 910, by the heroic Ethelfleda, Countess of Mercia, who had defeated Hwgan himself on the confines of his …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… repelling an incursion of the Saxons under Alfred, Earl of Mercia, into Brecknockshire and Gwent. Upon his death, he was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Cassibelaunus, King of the Cassii. The Saxon kings of Mercia also made it their residence; Offa included it in the …
Staffordshire Historical Collections
… nunnery founded by Werburgh, daughter of Wulphere, King of Mercia, towards the close of the 7th century. 2 Upon the same …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… bank. Manors And Other Estates. Aethelraed, ealdorman of Mercia, and his wife Aethelflaed gave three manentes at …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I
… in comparison with other European powers: "King of Mercia, A.D. 833, expressly bequeathed the robe he wore at …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… Abbey. The grant was confirmed by King Burgred of Mercia in 872 73 but the land had been lost to the abbey by …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the Saxons it was a portion of the powerful kingdom of Mercia; and upon the division of England into three great …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… this parish was formerly a bank separating the kingdoms of Mercia and East Anglia during the heptarchy, the lands on one … the walls were repaired by Ethelfreda, Countess of Mercia: and after her death the Britons once more became its … Edmund Ironside, in 1016, Canute retained possession of Mercia and Northumbria; and Chester, which was included in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… marriage of his daughter Ethelswitha with Burhred, King of Mercia. In the reign of Alfred, the Danes, who, after their … for its stately castle, erected by Ethelfreda, Countess of Mercia, to check the incursions of the Welsh. A priory of the …