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A History of the County of Dorset
… (ibid. i, 67) speaks of thelbald, the son of thelwulf of Wessex, as the founder, and his brothers thelbert, thelred, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… dates back to the days of the undivided bishopric of Wessex. In 904 we have a charter of King Edward, which proves …
A History of the County of Derby
… brother, was killed in battle with Cynewulf, king of Wessex, in 786, it is recorded that he was buried at Repton, …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… in honour of Sts. Peter and Paul, by Cenwalh, King of Wessex, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in 643, 1 and … in Anglo-Saxon and Latin, from the reign of Cenwalh of Wessex, 688, to the time of Edward the Confessor, with the …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… abbey by Cumma. Owing to its situation on the frontiers of Wessex and Mercia the early history of this abbey was one of … in its immediate neighbourhood. In 752 Cuthred, king of Wessex, gained a great victory over Ethelbald, king of the … the reverse was the case, when Offa routed Cynewulf of Wessex at Bensington. One result of this was the disruption …
A History of the County of Somerset
… however has been claimed for the abbey. 546 Ine, King of Wessex, lived at the time when the extension of the Church …
A History of the County of Dorset
… the honour of giving burial to the kings and bishops of Wessex. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle states that King thelbald … 23. The charters of the monks include one by Cenwalch of Wessex, 64372, granting various privileges to the pontifical …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… been a patron of the house; he buried Brictric, king of Wessex, within the church and was himself laid to rest there …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Godric. 9 Winchcombe was within Harold's own earldom of Wessex, and William the Conqueror had reason to think that …
A History of the County of Essex
… had under her at Barking Cuthburga, daughter of Ina of Wessex and wife of Aldfrith of Northumbria, who was …