Edward the Elder, seventh King of England.
On his decease, Edward the Elder (so called to distinguish him from Edward the Martyr, and Edward the Confessor) succeeded his father, and was crowned at Kingston upon Thames.
This Prince was a brave warrior, and tho' invaded by the Danes, in the year 905, he defeated them in Kent.
In the year 911, he improved the University of Cambridge, much after the same manner as Alfred his father had augmented Oxford.
In 921, he was in the height of his glory, all the Princes in Britain either submitting to his allegiance, or courting his favour.
He died in the 24th year of his reign, at Farringdon, in Berkshire, and was buried at Winchester.
Tho' he had three wives, and several children, yet Ethelstan, his son by one Egwinna, a shepherd's daughter, succeeded to his kingdom.
Ethelstan, eighth King of England.
He was crowned in the 13th year of his age, at Kingston upon Thames, in the year 924.
In the year, 938, he defeated both the Danes and Scots, and made the Princes of Wales pay him a tribute of 20 pounds of gold, 300 pounds of silver, and 25,000 head of cattle.