St. Pauls site; He built a Cathedral here. He gave to the
church the estate of Tillingham, Essex.(Saxon temple found on site)
Married Bertha, a Merovingian princess born to Charibert and
Ingoberg. Charibert was one of four sons born to Chlotar (d. 561)
His brother was Sigibert, husband of BRUNHILD.
597AD=ST. AUGUSTINE reached Kent. From the Isle of Thanet he
sought an interview with the king. Ethelbert when he arrived a
few days later would not meet him in a house in case he was a
practiser of the magical arts.
(Bede; A History of the English Church and people.)
EDWIN 616(617) -633AD ?
KING OF NORTHUMBRIA
627AD=Converted to Christianity by Paulinus, who was sent by
Gregory to assist Augustine. The story of the Pope seeing the
golden haired English boys in the slave markets at Rome and
asking who they were, was told they were Angles, the Pope said,
�Not Angles but Angels."
It was said of Edwins time that a women could carry her new-born
babe from sea to sea without fear of harm. And such was the King�s
concern about his people that in a number of places where he had
seen clear springs near highways, he ordered posts to be erected
with brass bowls hanging from them so that people could drink and
refresh themselves. So great was the respect and awe of him that
no one presumed to use them for any other purpose. His dignety was
always respected throughout his realm, and in war or peace his
standard was borne before him.
BEDE= HISTORIA BRITONUM OF GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH=
Edwin of Northumbria was a rival of Caedwalla, circa (790-834),
was killed by him in 833AD along with his son osfrith.
(One of these is wrong, Edwins nephew killed CADWALLA in 834?)
answer; =that was CADWALLADER in 834AD
OFFA - 755AD - 792AD Son of Wingfred
King of the Mercians
755AD= OFFA put to flight the king of Mercia and ruled for
39 years.
Descended from WOTON.;
= He defeated the men of Kent in Battle, also those of Wessex
and Northumbria.
= He transferred the bones of St. Alban to a monastery that he
built.
785 AD= Thorney Island (Westminster site), granted a charter here.
"Overgrown with thorns, and environed with water."
=Offa minted a gold coin copied from the Arab Dinar and his
ministers thought the words in the coin were just pretty designs.
As a result this Christian kings coins had on them,="There is no
God but one, and mohamet is his prophet."
787AD=He gave to the Vicar of St. Peter.(Pope) a fixed payment
from every house in the land. Dated from the Synod of 787.
Origen of �Peters Pence.�
= Mathew Paris credits Offa with the actual Pence which he said
he used to endow the English school in Rome and levied on all
house property in England except St. Albans.
= He built �Offa�s Dyke� from the mouth of the Wye to the mouth
of the Dee, to repel raids from Wales.
787AD = KING OFFA�S daughter Eadburg married Brihtric (Beartric)
king of WESSEX.
In his time, Danish pirates came to England with three ships.
These were the 1st Danes who landed in England
(Florence of Worcester, 12th Century)
