Penda

Penda had campaigned as far as Bebbanburgh in Northumbria some time earlier, as Bede mentions this casually as the background to a miracle story Bede Book III Ch.

Kings of Lindsey Carla 2010

Penda had campaigned as far as Bebbanburgh in Northumbria some time earlier, as Bede mentions this casually as the background to a miracle story Bede Book III Ch.

Archive 2010-08-01 Carla 2010

They are sticking with qualified statement similar to what was one the website: “martial items could have been collected by kings Penda, Wulfhere or Aethelred during their wars with Northumbria or East Anglia, or indeed by someone whose name is lost to history.”

The Staffordshire Hoard Appeal 2010

Moreover, the Northumbrian monarchy already had produced one saint and martyr, Oswald, whose death was at the hands of the heathen Mercian king Penda, of whom Wulfhere certainly, and Aethelbert probably, was a son.

The Staffordshire Hoard Appeal 2010

This is consistent with the idea that Oswy and his son Alchfrid between them commanded a single warband, presumably the royal retainers, while Penda had assembled a group of thirty warbands each of similar size.

Early medieval armies: numbers Carla 2010

This is consistent with the idea that Oswy and his son Alchfrid between them commanded a single warband, presumably the royal retainers, while Penda had assembled a group of thirty warbands each of similar size.

Archive 2010-06-01 Carla 2010

Penda had campaigned as far as Bebbanburgh in Northumbria some time earlier, as Bede mentions this casually as the background to a miracle story Bede Book III Ch.

Early medieval armies: campaigning range Carla 2010

Eadwine of Deira was 48 in his last battle, and Penda of Mercia was probably 50 in his.

Chronology of the Kings of Gwynedd in the seventh century Carla 2009

Wherever the location, the reference to Maes Cogwy indicates that Cynddylan was a contemporary of Penda of Mercia and was of fighting age in 642.

Cynddylan Carla 2009

He never conquered Shropshire or Glastennin though he probably along with other British Kings was allied with the Anglo-Saxon King Penda of Mercia.

Chester in the seventh century: the fortress defences Carla 2009