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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Under the heptarchy it belonged to the kingdom of Mercia, and was for about two centuries the head of a see, … daughter of Alfred, and widow of Ethelred, Duke of Mercia (who, upon her husband's death, continued to govern … it was a central portion of the powerful kingdom of Mercia. It suffered severely from the incursions of the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… c. 1000. Before the Conquest Leek belonged to the earl of Mercia, while thegns held Endon, Rudyard, and Rushton. All …
A History of the County of Stafford
… having been held before the Conquest by Alfgar, earl of Mercia. It was assessed at 1 hide 'with the appendages'. 84 …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Eng. and Wales, sheet 3 (1983). Inf. from National Trust, Mercia Regional Office. S.H.C. 1925, 168-9. S.R.O., D. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… monastery, founded here about 660 by Merwald, King of West Mercia, who is also said to have had a castle or palace about …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… it appears to have been patronised by the kings of Mercia, of whom Peada, son-in-law of Osweo, King of …
A History of the County of Stafford
… of the Middle Angles and a son of Penda, king of Mercia, became a Christian on his marriage to the daughter of … as well as the Middle Angles. In 655 Oswiu took control of Mercia, establishing Peada as king of the Southern Mercians. … In 658 Wulfhere, another son of Penda, gained control of Mercia. Bishops continued to be appointed, and Wulfhere also …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Britain, Lincoln was made the capital of the kingdom of Mercia by the Saxons, in opposing whom, Vortimer, who greatly … parties, Lincoln, with the rest of the kingdom of Mercia, came into the possession of Canute. At the time of … the Anglo-Saxon era it formed a part of the kingdom of Mercia; its northern portion, the division of Lindsey, being …
Survey of London
… Quarterly: 1 and 4, or an eagle sable, for Leofric of Mercia; 2 and 3, Argent two bars sable with three martlets or …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… that took place in the year 728 between Ethelbald, King of Mercia, and Roderic Molwynog, Prince of North Wales, in … Prince of North Wales, and those of Edred, Earl of Mercia, who attempted the conquest of the country. In this …