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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Key of the North;" it was repaired by Leofric, Earl of Mercia, who was governor and lord of this district in the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… held their court here; and in 653, Peada, King of Mercia, on a visit to Osweo, whose daughter he obtained in … with the rest of Northumbria, and with East Anglia and Mercia, into the hands of the latter. Seal and Arms. In 1068, …
A Dictionary of London
… explain the origin of this name. A charter by Burghred of Mercia, A.D. 857, set out in Kemble, CCLXXX., but marked as …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Flavia Csariensis, and by the Saxons in the kingdom of Mercia. It is in the diocese of Peterborough, and province of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… D.N. Dumville, 'Essex, Middle Anglia and the expansion of Mercia', in ibid. 123-40, at p. 131; also W. Davies and H. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Ethelred II. and the treachery of Alfric, Earl of Mercia, landed on the coast of Essex under Sweyn their king, … of the town, in 868 were attacked by Burrhed, King of Mercia, who, obtaining the assistance of King Ethelred I. and … On the establishment of the AngloSaxon kingdom of Mercia, about the year 560, the greater portion of it, …
A Survey of London
… London'Westgetum' in a charter, dated 857, of Burhred of Mercia, ap. Thorpe, Diplomatarium, 118. Probably the new gate …
A Survey of London
… Westgate, which is mentioned in a charter of Burhred of Mercia ( circa 857, ap. Thorpe, Diplomatarium, 118). Stow …
A Survey of London
… thelbald. ( Cod. Dipl. lxvi.) l. 31. Charter. Of Wiglaf of Mercia, spurious. ( Cod. Dipl. ccxxxiii.) l. 37. Charter. Of Berhtuulf of Mercia, spurious. ( Cod. Dipl. cclxv.) 129, l. 7. buried. In …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… times this was a place of some importance; Offa, King of Mercia, made it his residence. It comprises 2206 acres, and … were given to the abbey of Evesham by Ethelred, King of Mercia, in 703; and in the Domesday survey the whole place … a fortification said to have been built by Offa, King of Mercia, from whom the place perhaps took its name. In a …