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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… anciently a place of much importance, and in the time of Offa, King of Mercia, appears to have had a church or …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. About 775 Offa, king of Mercia, granted land at Doughton to Worcester …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Cunred, the first being near of kin to the kings Offa and Cudred, and the latter to Kenulph, all three kings …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… to give them any further trouble. 66 In his time, king Offa having taken great displeasure at the inhabitants of … his pall from the pope at Rome; by his means king Offa became a good benefactor to this church, 72 after whose … Gervas, col. 1642. Thorn, col. 1773. Higden, p. 250, says, Offa deprived Lambert, archbishop of Canterbury, of the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of which was about 380 ft. In 1822 a silver penny of Offa was found at the Castle Hill. It is now in the museum of …
A History of the County of Warwick
… ten roundels gules. At the Synod of Brentford in 781 Offa confirmed to the Church of Worcester 30 hides in … of Worcester at the beginning of the 8th century by Offa. 32 At the time of the Domesday Survey it was included … i, 227; Birch, Cart. Sax. 123. The charter is corrupt; Offa, here styled 'King of the Mercians'probably by confusion …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… the district round Wallingford was a debatable land, and Offa, after his victory at Bensington A.D. 779, seized the …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… Alber, Alher, Ealherd: he was Bishop about 787, when King Offa fixed a bishoprick at Litchfield, and was at Clovesho …
A History of the County of Hertford
… its foundation is unknown. It may have been established by Offa when he superintended the building of St. Albans Abbey …
Old and New London
… to the pillory, to have his nostrils slit and his ears cut offa revenge for which the king paid dearly, and gained an …