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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… dwelling in a high or elevated situation. It was given by Offa, King of Mercia, to the abbey of St. Alban's. In …
The Environs of London
… of 1s. 11d. in the pound. Manor. We are told by Dart, that Offa, King of the Mercians, gave Blekingham or Bleccenham, in …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… Sept., 8 Edw. II. cf. Ch. 20 July, 29 Edw. I., cf. Ch. of Offa king of the Mercians, A.D. 793. Chs. (2) of Hen. II. Ch. … Hen. I. Ch. of Hen. II. Ch. 13 Nov., 10 Ric. I. c. Ch. of Offa king of the Mercians, A.D. 795, 4 Non. Maii. d. Ch. of …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… it, either by St. Ethelbert, the first founder, or by king Offa, that founded St. Alban's, and was reckoned also a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Mercia, and possessed a large church in the reign of Offa, who, it is stated, founded the cathedral in expiation … 825, principally by means of the propitiatory gifts of Offa. Having fallen into decay in less than two centuries, it … in the possession of the contending parties. At length Offa, King of Mercia, having repulsed the Britons in one of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… In 794 King Ethelbert of East Anglia was murdered by Offa of Mercia ( Anglo-Saxon Chronicle) and is said to have …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… regular pattern of larger fields in the ancient parish. Offa's Dyke descends the hillside near the south-western end … stone-capped mill dam, which incorporated a stretch of Offa's Dyke. No record has been found of the mill in use in … Suff. R.O., HA 49/A III(d)/1. Below, this section. C. Fox, Offa's Dyke (1955), 191; below, econ. hist. Cf. below, St. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 18
… estate at Purton taken from the abbey by the Mercian king Offa and restored to it by his son Ecgfrith in 796. 2 The …
Historical Collections of Private Passages of State
… Christian King of Kent, Ina the King of the West Saxons, Offa of the Mercians, and of Alfred the great Monarch,. who …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… Mercian Kingdom reached its height in the reign of King Offa II., who, when an old man, desired to found a monastery … destruction by the pagan English owing to its smallness. Offa restored this little church and then took a journey to …