The Saxons in England, Volume 1 (of 2) / A history of the English commonwealth till the period of the Norman conquest

by John Mitchell Kemble

[254]. Ibid. No. 56.

[255]. Ibid. No. 53.

[256]. Ibid. No. 57.

[257]. Ibid. Nos. 102, 105.

[258]. Ibid. Nos. 125, 131, 146.

[259]. Ibid. Nos. 117, 118, 128, 148.

[260]. Beda, Hist. Eccl. iii. 21.

[261]. Flor. Wig. App. Mercia.

[262]. Beda, Hist. Eccl. iii. 24. “Inito ergo certamine, fugati sunt et caesi pagani, duces regii triginta qui ad auxilium venerant pene omnes interfecti.” The Saxon Chronicle is more detailed; an. 654: “Hér Óswiú cyng ofslóh Pendan cyng on Winwidfelda and þrittig cynebearna mid him; and ðǽr wǽron sume cyningas. Ðǽra sum wæs Æðelhere Annan bróðor, Eástengla cyningas.”

[263]. Cod. Dipl. No. 26. William of Malmesbury, it is true, says of him, “Non quidem rex potestate, sed subregulus in quadam regni parte.” Vit. Aldhelmi, Ang. Sacra, ii. 10. But it was not to be expected that Malmesbury would understand such a royalty as Baldred’s.