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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… princes of Powys resided here till, in 778, Offa, King of Mercia, expelled them from their possessions, and, to secure … of Powys, and Shropshire became part of the kingdom of Mercia. They still, however, made frequent inroads; and the … century, when the Danes invaded the island, this part of Mercia, although it suffered less than some others, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to the Saxon earl Edwin, brother of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, and was one of the last estates of which the Saxon …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… it is well known that in that age the aspiring Kings of Mercia, or of the English Saxons, would gladly have laid hold …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… de Buckenhale, the last Saxon governor of the province of Mercia, who, in 1051, founded here a cell for a prior and …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… said to have been given to the monastery by Offa, King of Mercia, 6 but the gift is mentioned only in a confirmatory …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… which had been given to Westminster Abbey by Offa King of Mercia. 12 This charter is, however, of doubtful origin, 13 …
A Survey of London
… the 4. Bishop of London, in the raigne of Wolferus king of Mercia, and sat 9. yeares. 5. Erkenwald, 680.; Crotesey, or …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the present town. In 913, Ethelfleda, Countess of Mercia, erected a castle on the north side of the river, and … eighteen burgesses in demesne here, and the earls of Mercia twenty "mansions." William, out of all the manors in … the county was comprised in the powerful kingdom of Mercia, several of the principal towns of which were situated …
A History of the County of Hertford
… with the foundation of a monastery in 793 by Offa, King of Mercia, but that the martyrdom of St. Alban (under the edict …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. Beornwulf, King of Mercia 8235, granted 15 hides at Standish under Evesbury to …