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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… between Oswald, the Christian King of Northumbria, and Penda, the pagan King of Mercia, in which the former was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Aylesbury (d. c. 650), who may have been the daughter of Penda, King of Mercia, 26 it is likely that the place was …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… been Mercians, for Cenwalh had certainly fought against Penda before this date. 149 William of Malmesbury, however, …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… called also Domneva, married to Merwald, son of Penda, king of Mercia, and Ermengitha, were left to his care, …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… lands for monastic purposes if he should defeat the pagan Penda, and it was possibly in connexion with his victory at …
A History of the County of Oxford
… clear that at this date the power of Wessex was unbroken. Penda, the great king of Mercia, is first mentioned in the … disputed between Wessex and Mercia. The victory of Penda of Mercia, in 644, when the Chronicle relates that he … was of only temporary importance, and the death of Penda in 655 probably resulted in another struggle between …
A History of the County of Durham
… of a vow made before the battle in which he defeated Penda, gave his daughter Elfleda, who had barely completed …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… 94. Willis, vol. i. p. 100, says, he was son of Merciline Penda, king of Mercia. Givallorum Metropolitanus. Thorn, col. …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Edith, possibly the Christian princess daughter of Penda of Mercia (ob. 655) and aunt of St. Osyth, was 'lady' …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Saint and Confessor, whose mother was the daughter of Penda, King of Mercia, and who was born at King's Sutton in …