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The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… of Christianity, was slain in battle by Penda, King of Mercia, one of the fiercest tyrants that ever filled a … 792 Ethelbert was treacherously murdered by Offa, King of Mercia, who annexed East Anglia to his own dominions; which …
A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 18
… valley was debatable land between the kings of Wessex and Mercia. The ragged county boundary and the ambiguous …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… 4th inscribed in Lombardic letters 'huic ecclesie dedit mercia sit bona sub iesv nomina sona', early 14th century; …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… where a battle was fought between Ethelbald, King of Mercia, and Rhodri Molwynog, a prince of North Wales, in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… dedication of its chapel to St. Kenelm, fifteenth king of Mercia, who, after a reign of only five months, and while …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and after first becoming tributary to the kingdom of Mercia, it was finally annexed to that of Wessex, in 823. The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the Warren in 1699 and 1818. 77 In 864 King Burgred of Mercia sold to Bishop Eahlhun of Worcester an estate of 5 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the town of Cyrcbirig, built by Ethelfreda, Countess of Mercia; but Bishop Gibson places it at Chirbury, in Shropshire, on the frontier of the ancient kingdom of Mercia. A priory of Benedictine monks, a cell to the abbey of …
Langford Parish: Radcot
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… in the 8th century, although the main route from western Mercia to the south coast is more likely to have crossed the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by Cadwallo, a British prince, and Penda, King of Mercia, the place was made a royal vill, and obtained the … Oswy, King of Northumbria, and Penda, the pagan King of Mercia, who in 655 had invaded Oswy's territories; Penda, …