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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Little Bedwin. In 674, a battle was fought here between Wulfhere, King of Mercia, and scuin, a nobleman in the …
A History of the County of York
… fate of the see of York, we are told that Archbishop Wulfhere escaped at first to Addingham in Wharfedale. In 872 … rose against Egbert in 872 and he and Archbishop Wulfhere took refuge with Burgred of Mercia. It was … the Jellinge Style', Universitetet i Bergen, Arbok, 1956. Wulfhere's flight in 872 is recorded by Roger of Wendover; …
A History of the County of Stafford
… York, exercised episcopal functions in Mercia, whose king, Wulfhere, gave him land in various places on which he …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and 867 either King Ethelbert or King Ethelred granted to Wulfhere 6 cassati, including what became BUTTERMERE manor. 5 Wulfhere was outlawed 877 × 883 and forfeited his lands. 6 Buttermere was later held by Wulfgar, possibly Wulfhere's grandson, who between 933 and 948 devised 2 hides …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… remained till the middle of the seventh century, when Wulfhere, the Mercian, invaded it, and took Athelwald, its …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… latest coins were of Osberht (deposed 866) and Archbishop Wulfhere. The second hoard, found in 1879, came from the site …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 1 Early History St. Wilfrid, who at the request of King Wulfhere performed episcopal duties in Mercia at various …
A History of the County of Stafford
… The Historia Fundationis 1 claims him as a son of Wulfhere, King of Mercia (657-74), and states that, with his … father; remorse for this act is said to have led to King Wulfhere's own conversion by St. Chad and to his foundation … at Stone. This legend, however, cannot be accepted. Wulfhere was already a Christian when he became king, 2 and …
A History of the County of Stafford
… It has been alleged that St. Werburgh, daughter of Wulfhere, King of Mercia, was founder and abbess of a nunnery …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… was succeeded as abbess by her daughter Ermenild, widow of Wulfhere, King of Mercia. With the name of the next abbess, …