[155] Edward’s reign probably lasted from 900 to 924, but owing to discrepancies between the MSS. of the Chronicles no date in the reign can be stated with certainty, the differences varying from one to three years.
[156] Offa calls it his palatium regale in one of his charters (Birch, Cart. Sax., 240).
[157] Especially Freeman, whose words are quoted in the rest of this paragraph. But see also for a later vindication of the correctness of the chronicler’s statement, Plummer, Saxon Chronicles, ii., 131.
[158] Historical Essays, i., 60, 62.
[159] Norman Conquest, i., 59.
[160] Robertson, Skene and Lang.
[161] Robertson, Scotland under her Early Kings, ii., 397.
[162] It was pointed out in the Athenæum for Nov. 4, 1905, that this place rather than Farringdon, in Berkshire, corresponds with the Farndune of the Chronicle.
[163] Adolf, son of Baldwin of Flanders.
[164] Heinskringla, Story of Haarfager, 41 and 42.