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Close(d. 651) [ODNB]
Irish monk of Iona; missionary to Northumbria and bishop of Lindisfarne
Requested by King Oswald of Northumbria; worked with him and Oswine
He preached in Northumbria, with King Oswald translating into English. 1570, pp. 150, 163; 1576, pp. 112, 123; 1583, pp. 111, 122.
Áedán was given a valuable horse by King Oswine of Deira so that he would not always have to travel on foot. He met a poor beggar one day and gave him the horse with its trappings. 1570, p. 164; 1576, p. 123; 1583, p. 122.
Áedán allowed only milk and water to be drunk at Lindisfarne. 1570, p. 170; 1576, p. 129; 1583, p. 127.
Ádán, Finán and his successor Colmán held to the Irish method of calculating the date of Easter. 1570, p. 164; 1576, p. 124; 1583, p. 122.
CloseFather of Osric, king of Deira [ODNB sub Osric]
He was Æthelfrith's brother. 1570, p. 163; 1576, p. 122; 1583, p. 121.
Close(d. 647) [ODNB sub Eadwine]
Kentish princess; 2nd wife of Eadwine, king of Northumbria. Christian; recipient of letters from Pope Boniface V
Æthelburh gave birth to her daughter Eanflæd on the day her husband was seriously wounded. Eadwine promised to convert to Christianity if he was victorious over the West Saxons. In token of this, he had his daughter baptised by Bishop Paulinus. 1570, p. 163; 1576, p. 122; 1583, p. 121.
Æthelburh and Bishop Paulinus converted Eadwine to Christianity. 1570, p. 154; 1576, p. 115; 1583, p. 114.
After the death of King Eadwine, and the conquest by Cadwallon of Gwynedd and Penda of Mercia, the subsequent disorder forced Paulinus to flee into Kent, along with Queen Æthelburh and her daughter Eanflæd. 1570, p. 163; 1576, p. 122; 1583, p. 121.
Close(d. c. 616) [ODNB]
King of Bernicia (592 - 604); king of Northumbria (604 - 616)
Son of Æthelric
Æthelfrith attacked the Britons at Chester. Brochfael, consul of Chester, gathered his forces, supported by the monks of Bangor, to meet the attack. Brochfael and fifty others managed to escape; the rest were killed. 1570, p. 160; 1576, p. 120; 1583, p. 119.
Æthelfrith killed the monks of Bangor who had come to pray for the success of the Britons. 1570, p. 150; 1576, pp. 111-12; 1583, pp. 110-11.
Æthelfrith persecuted the young Eadwine, who fled to Rædwald of the East Angles. Rædwald, through fear of Æthelfrith and bribery, intended to betray Eadwine. His mind was changed by his wife, and he met Æthelfrith in battle, where Æthelfrith was killed. 1570, p. 161; 1576, p. 121; 1583, p. 120.
Æthelfrith was killed in battle by his successor, Eadwine. 1570, pp. 160, 161; 1576, pp. 120, 121; 1583, pp. 119, 120.
Close(d. 625) [Kelly]
of Naples; pope (619 - 25)
Boniface sent a letter and gifts to King Eadwine of Northumbria and his queen in an attempt to help persuade Eadwine to convert to Christianity. 1570, p. 162; 1576, p. 122; 1583, p. 121.
Close(d. 634) [ODNB]
King of Gwynedd (c. 625 - 34)
Killed Eadwine of Northumbria in 633; killed Osric of Deira and Eanfrith of Bernicia in 634; was killed by Oswald
Cadwallon and Penda of Mercia killed Eadwine of Northumbria and his son in battle at Hatfield. 1570, p. 163; 1576, p. 122; 1583, p. 121.
Eanfrith of Bernicia and Osric of Deira were killed in battle by Cadwallon of Gwynedd and Penda of Mercia. 1570, p. 163; 1576, p. 122; 1583, p. 121.
Cadwallon of Gwynedd and Penda of Mercia, having defeated and killed Eadwine, Eanfrith and Osric, attempted the same with Oswald. After a fierce battle, Oswald's forces prevailed. 1570, p. 163; 1576, p. 122; 1583, p. 121.
Close(d. 672) [ODNB]
Son of Cynegils; king of the Gewisse (West Saxons) (642 - 45, 648 - 72)
Driven into exile (645 - 48) by Penda of Mercia
Cenwalh went to battle alongside his father and brother, Cwichelm, against Eadwine of Northumbria, and they were defeated. 1570, p. 162; 1576, p. 122; 1583, p. 121.
Wulfhere, king of Mercia, defeated Cenwalh and obtained the Isle of Wight. 1570, p. 164; 1576, p. 123; 1583, p. 122.
Cynegils began construction of the church at Winchester [Foxe mistakenly calls him the king of Mercia]. It was completed by his son Cenwalh, who appointed Wine bishop there. 1570, p. 177; 1576, p. 134; 1583, p. 133.
CloseChief of the pagan priests of King Eadwine of Northumbria; he urged Eadwine to accept Christianity if it seemed better and more powerful [ODNB sub Eadwine]
After Eadwine's conversion, Coifi profaned his own shrines and destroyed the idols. 1570, p. 162; 1576, p. 122; 1583, p. 121.
Close(d. 636) [ODNB]
Son and co-ruler of Cynegils; king of the Gewisse (West Saxons) (611 - 36); baptised in 636
He and his father were said to have killed the East Saxon king Sigeberht Parvus. 1570, pp. 149, 151; 1576, pp. 111, 113; 1583, pp. 110, 112.
Cynegils and Cwichelm plotted the assassination of Eadwine of Northumbria, but the attempt failed. Eadwine then attacked the West Saxons and defeated them. 1570, p. 162; 1576, p. 122; 1583, p. 120.
Cwichelm was converted to Christianity by Birinus, to whom Cwichelm gave the city of Dorchester as a see. Later he gave land of seven miles in circumference at Winchester. 1570, p. 163; 1576, p. 123; 1583, p. 122.
Close(d. 642) [ODNB]
King of the Gewisse (West Saxons) (611 - 42), with his son Cwichelm to 636
First West Saxon king converted to Christianity
He and his son were said to have killed the East Saxon king Sigeberht Parvus. 1570, pp. 149, 151; 1576, pp. 111, 113; 1583, pp. 110, 112.
Cynegils and Cwichelm plotted the assassination of Eadwine of Northumbria, but the attempt failed. Eadwine then attacked the West Saxons and defeated them. 1570, p. 162; 1576, p. 122; 1583, p. 120.
King Oswald of Northumbria was partly responsible for the conversion of Cynegils. 1570, p. 163; 1576, p. 123; 1583, p. 122.
King Oswald of Northumbria stood godfather to Cynegils and married his daughter. 1570, p. 163; 1576, p. 123; 1583, p. 122.
Cynegils began construction of the church at Winchester [Foxe mistakenly calls him the king of Mercia]. It was completed by his son Cenwalh, who appointed Wine bishop there. 1570, p. 177; 1576, p. 134; 1583, p. 133.
Close(636 - after 685) [ODNB]
Daughter of Eadwine of Northumbria and Æthelburh; baptised as a baby
Married King Oswiu of Northumbria in 642; entered a convent after his death
Eanflæd was born on the day her father was seriously wounded. She was baptised in token of a vow made by her father to convert to Christianity if he won victory over the West Saxons. 1570, p. 162; 1576, p. 122; 1583, p. 121.
After the death of King Eadwine, and the conquest by Cadwallon of Gwynedd and Penda of Mercia, the subsequent disorder forced Paulinus to flee into Kent, along with Queen Æthelburh and her daughter Eanflæd. 1570, p. 163; 1576, p. 122; 1583, p. 121.
Close(d. 634) [ODNB sub Oswald]
Eldest son of Æthelfrith; exiled with his brothers at their father's death
King of Bernicia (633 - 34); killed by Cadwallon
Eanfrith and Osric of Deira were converted to Christianity in exile in Ireland, but went back to their old religion once they became kings. They were killed by Cadwallon of Gwynedd and Penda of Mercia. 1570, p. 163; 1576, p. 122; 1583, p. 121.
Eanfrith and Osric were killed because they gave up their Christian belief. 1570, p. 150; 1576, p. 112; 1583, p. 111.
Close(d. 627/8) [ODNB sub Rædwald]
Son of Rædwald; king of the East Angles (616x27 - 627/8)
Earpwald adopted Christianity fully through the efforts of King Eadwine of Northumbria 1570, pp. 151, 163; 1576, pp. 113, 122; 1583, pp. 112, 121.
CloseLegendary agent sent by Cwichelm, the West Saxon king, to kill Eadwine of Northumbria; wounded Eadwine and killed his thegn [ODNB sub Eadwine]
Emner attacked the King Eadwine with a poisoned sword. He killed his servant, fatally wounded a knight and seriously wounded the king. 1570, p. 162; 1576, p. 122; 1583, p. 121.
Close(d. 653) [ODNB]
Part of the missionary group sent to England by Gregory I in 601
Archbishop of Canterbury (628/31 - 53)
After the death of Justus, Honorius was consecrated archbishop of Canterbury by Paulinus, bishop of York. 1563, p. 18; 1570, p. 163; 1576, p. 122; 1583, p. 121.
Close(fl. 633 - late C7) [ODNB sub Paulinus]
Paulinus's deacon at York; remained behind when Paulinus fled into Kent after the death of Eadwine of Northumbria; taught church music at York in Bede's time
After Paulinus left, James continued to preach and baptise in the north until peace was restored. 1570, p. 163; 1576, p. 122; 1583, p. 121.
Agilbert, James the deacon of Paulinus, Wilfrid and Alchfrith, son of King Oswiu, and his wife Cyneburh held to the Roman method of calculating the date of Easter. 1570, p. 165; 1576, p. 124; 1583, p. 123.
Close(d. 627x31) [ODNB]
Sent in 601 with others to reinforce Augustine's mission; first bishop of Rochester (604 - 24); attended a council of the Frankish church in Paris 614; fled into Francia upon the accession of Eadbald in Kent
Archbishop of Canterbury (624 - 27x31)
Justus accompanied Augustine and was consecrated bishop of Rochester by him. 1563, p. 18; 1570, pp. 158, 161; 1576, pp. 119, 121; 1583, pp. 118, 120.
Justus, as archbishop of Canterbury, consecrated Paulinus bishop of York. 1570, p. 163; 1576, p. 122; 1583, p. 121.
CloseLegendary thegn of Eadwine of Northumbria; died saving Eadwine from an assassin's knife [ODNB sub Eadwine]
Lilla was run through with a poisoned sword when he interposed his body between the attacker and King Eadwine. 1570, p. 162; 1576, p. 122; 1583, p. 121.
Close(d. 633) [ODNB sub Eadwine does not name him]
Son of Eadwine of Northumbria; killed in battle alongside his father
Cadwallon of Gwynedd and Penda of Mercia killed Eadwine of Northumbria and his son in battle at Hatfield. 1570, p. 163; 1576, p. 122; 1583, p. 121.
Close(d. 634) [ODNB]
Son of Ælfric; cousin to predecessor Eadwine
King of Deira (633 - 34); killed by Cadwallon
Osric and Eanfrith of Bernicia were converted to Christianity in exile in Ireland, but went back to their old religion once they became kings. They were killed by Cadwallon of Gwynedd and Penda of Mercia. 1570, p. 163; 1576, p. 122; 1583, p. 121.
Osric and Eanfrith were killed because they gave up their Christian belief. 1570, p. 150; 1576, p. 112; 1583, p. 111.
Close(603/4 - 642) [ODNB]
Second son of Æthelfrith; exiled with his brothers at their father's death
King of Northumbria (634 - 42); converted to Christianity while in exile; killed in battle against Penda of Mercia
Cadwallon of Gwynedd and Penda of Mercia, having defeated and killed Eadwine, Eanfrith and Osric, attempted the same with Oswald. After a fierce battle, Oswald's forces prevailed. 1570, p. 163; 1576, p. 122; 1583, p. 121.
Oswald overcame Penda and Cadwallon in battle through prayer. He sent for Áedán to preach and translated for him. 1570, pp. 150, 163; 1576, pp. 112, 122; 1583, pp. 111, 121.
Oswald converted to Christianity while in exile with the Irish and learned their language. He was thus able to translate for Áedán. 1570, p. 163; 1576, p. 123; 1583, p. 121.
Oswald was partly responsible for the conversion of King Cynegils of the West Saxons. 1570, p. 163; 1576, p. 123; 1583, p. 122.
Oswald stood godfather to King Cynegils of the West Saxons and married his daughter. He was killed in battle against Penda of Mercia. 1570, p. 163; 1576, p. 123; 1583, p. 122.
Close(611/12 - 670) [ODNB]
Son of Æthelfrith; exiled with his brothers at their father's death; baptised as a Christian in exile
King of Northumbria (642 - 70); struggle with Penda of Mercia; chaired the synod of Whitby in 664
Before battle, Oswiu dedicated his daughter to religion, along with 12 lordships to found 12 monasteries. 1570, p. 150; 1576, p. 112; 1583, p. 111.
Oswiu was a friend of King Sigeberht of the East Saxons and was instrumental in his conversion. 1570, p. 151; 1576, p. 113; 1583, p. 112.
King Oswiu gave with his daughter Ælfflæd 12 lordships to found 12 monasteries, six each in Bernicia and Deira. 1570, pp. 150, 177; 1576, pp. 112, 134; 1583, pp. 111, 133.
Penda of Mercia gave his consent to the marriage of his son Peada with Alhflæd, daughter of Oswiu. 1570, p. 164; 1576, p. 123; 1583, p. 122.
Oswiu killed Penda of Mercia in battle. 1570, p. 163; 1576, p. 123; 1583, p. 122.
Oswiu presided over the Synod of Whitby in 664 and opened it with an oration. 1570, p. 165; 1576, p. 124; 1583, p. 123.
Oswiu, having listened to spokesmen for both the Irish and the Roman positions on the calculation of the date of Easter, decided in favour of the Roman. 1570, pp. 165-66; 1576, pp. 124-25; 1583, pp. 123-24.
Close(d. 655) [ODNB]
King of the Mercians (c. 626 - 55)
Defeated Eadwine and Oswald of Northumbria; made alliances with Britons to the west of Mercia; beheaded by Oswiu
Penda killed in battle Eadwine and Oswald of Northumbria, Sigeberht, Ecgric and Anna of the East Angles, and drove out Cenwalh of the West Saxons. 1570, p. 150; 1576, p. 112; 1583, p. 111.
Penda and Cadwallon of Gwynedd killed Eadwine of Northumbria and his son in battle at Hatfield. 1570, p. 163; 1576, p. 122; 1583, p. 121.
Eanfrith of Bernicia and Osric of Deira were killed in battle by Cadwallon of Gwynedd and Penda of Mercia. 1570, p. 163; 1576, p. 122; 1583, p. 121.
Cadwallon of Gwynedd and Penda of Mercia, having defeated and killed Eadwine, Eanfrith and Osric, attempted the same with Oswald. After a fierce battle, Oswald's forces prevailed. 1570, p. 163; 1576, p. 122; 1583, p. 121.
Sigeberht of the East Angles, who had entered a monastery, came out to lead an army against Penda, but refused to bear arms himself. He was killed in battle. 1570, p. 151; 1576, p. 113; 1583, p. 112.
Penda gave his consent to the marriage of his son Peada with Alhflæd, daughter of Oswiu of Northumbria. 1570, p. 164; 1576, p. 123; 1583, p. 122.
Penda killed Oswald of Northumbria in battle; Penda was killed in battle by Oswiu, Oswald's brother. 1570, p. 164; 1576, p. 123; 1583, p. 122.
CloseEast Riding, Yorkshire
OS grid ref: SE 890 429
CloseA city and county of itself, locally in the county of Lincoln, of which it is the chief town. Seat of the Bishopric of Lincoln. 132 miles north by west from London. Lincoln formerly contained 52 parish churches, of which 34 were destroyed prior to the reign of Edward VI. It comprises the parishes of St Benedict, St Botolph, St John Newport, St Margaret in the Close, St Mark, St Martin, St Mary Wigford, St Mary Magdalene, St Michael on the Mount, St Nicholas Newport, St Paul in the Bail, St Peter at Arches, St Peter in eastgate, St Peter at Gowte, and St Swithin; all in the Archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln. Of which St Mary Magdalene, St Paul in the Bail and St .Peter at Arches are discharged rectories; St Mary Wigford is a discharged vicarage; St John Newport is a vicarage not in charge; and the remainder are perpetual curacies.
[Back to Top]Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England (S. Lewis & Co: London, 1831)
Lord, who desposeth all things after his purpose, to bring al good things to passe, sent an other trouble vpon him, by meanes therof to cal him. MarginaliaGod calleth commonly by affliction and trouble For by affliction God vseth cōmonly to call them whom he wil saue, or by whom he wil worke saluation vnto other. So his diuine wisdome thinketh good to make them first to knowe themselues, before they come to know him, or to teach him to other: so it was with Paule, who was striken downe, before hee was lyfted vp, with Constantinus Edwynus and many moe. Howe long was Ioseph in prison before he bare rule? How hardly escaped this our Queene now being (Queene Elizabeth) by whō yet notwithstanding it hath pleased god to restore this his gospel now preached amongst vs? In what conflictes and agonies inwardly in his spirite was M. Luther before he came to preach the iustification of Christ openly? And so be all they most commonlye, which come to anye liuely feeling or sensible working of Christ the Lord.
[Back to Top]MarginaliaAn other daunger of Edwyne. An. 627. Polycron. lib. 5. ca. 12. Hen. Hunt. lib. 3. But to returne to Edwyne againe. The occasion of hys trouble was this: Quicelinus with Kynegilsus his brother, Kings of Westsaxons (as aboue is mentioned in the table of the Saxon kings) conspiring the death of Edwyne now king of Northumberland: vpon enuy and malice sent vpon an Easter day, a swordman named Emner, priuelye to slay the said Edwyne. This swordman or cutthrote came to a Citie beside the water of Darwent in Darbishire, there to waite his time, and lastly founde the king smallye accompanied, and intēded to hane runne the king through with a sword inuenemed. But one Lilla the kinges trustye seruaunt, disgarnished of a shield or other weapon to defēd his maister, start betwene the king & the sword, MarginaliaFabianus parte. 5. A part of a trusty seruaunt. and was strikē through the body and died, and the king was woūded with the same stroke. And after he wounded also the third which was a knight, and so was taken, and confessed by whom he was sent to worke that treason. The other knight that was secondly wounded died, and the king lay after long sicke, or he were healed.
[Back to Top]After this, about whitsontide the king being scantlye hole of his wounde, assembled his host, intending to make against the king of westsaxons: promising to Christ to be Christened, if he would giue him the victory ouer his enimies. And in token therof caused his daughter borne of Edelburge þe same Easter day when he was woūded, named Eufled to be baptised: with xij other of his familye, of Paulinus. Thus Edwyne proceded to the battel against Quicelne and Kynegilsus with his sonne Kenwalcus and other enimies, who in the same battell being al vanquished & put to flight, Edwyn through che power of Christ returneth home victorer. MarginaliaEdwyne forgetteth hys promise to Christ. Prosperitie forgetfull. But for all this victory & other things gyuen to him of God, as he was in wealth of the worlde, forgat his promise made, and had little mind therof, saue only that he by the preaching of Paulinus forsoke his maumentry. MarginaliaOlde custome in matters of religion, not to be followed, but onely truth. Old custome letteth Edwyne to be Christened. And for his excuse saide that he might not clearly deny his olde lawe, which his forefathers had kept so long, and sodeinly to be Christened without authority and good aduise of his counsaile.
[Back to Top]About the same season Pope Boniface the 5. sent also to the sayd Edwyne letters exhortatory, wyth sundrye presentes from Rome to him, and to Edelburge the Queene. But neither would that preuaile. MarginaliaA miracle of God in the conuersion of kyng Edwyne. The part of a godly bish. exemplified in Paulinus. Then Paulinus seyng the king so hard to be conuerted, poured out his praiers vnto God for his cōuersion: who the same time had reuealed to him by the holy ghost, the oracle aboue mentioned, which was shewed to the King, when hee was with Redwaldus king of the Eastangles. Wherupon Paulinus comming afterward to the king, on a certaine day, aud laying his hād vpon the kings head, asked him if he knew that tokē. The king hearing this & remembring wel the token, was ready to fall downe at his feete. But Paulinus not sufferyng that, did lift vp hym againe, saying vnto him: behold, O king, you haue vanquished your enimies, you haue obteined your kingdome, now performe the third, which you haue promised, that is to receaue the faith of Christ, and to be obedient to him. Wherupon the king conferryng with his Counsell, & his nobles, was baptised of the said Paulinus at Yorke, MarginaliaEdwyne baptised. He was baptised in S. Peters Church at Yorke which he first caused to be made of woode, which after by S. Oswald was builded of stone. An. 628. with many of his other subiectes with hym: Insomuch that Coyfi the chiefe of the Prelates of his olde maumentry armed him selfe wyth hys other Idolatrous Bishops, and bestrode good horses, which before by their old law they might not do, nor ride but onely a Mare: & so destroied al the altars of the maumentrye, & their temple of Idoles, which was at Godmundham, not far from Yorke, and this was the xi. yeare of his raigne,
[Back to Top]From that time forth, during the life of Edwyne which was the terme of vj. yeares moe, Paulinus christened, continually in the riuers of Gweny, & Swala, MarginaliaNote Paulinus christened in riuers. in both prouinces of Deira and in Bernicia, vsing the said riuers for his fountes, and preached in the shire of Lincesey, wherehe builded also a Church of stone at Lincolne.
[Back to Top]MarginaliaWhat true iustice of a good Prince may do in a realme. Great peace and trueth among the people in the dayes of Edwyne. In this time was so great peace in the kingdome of Edwyne after his conuersion, that a womā laden with gold might haue gone from the one side of the sea to the other, and no man molest hir. Moreouer by the hye waye sydes, through al his kingdom he caused by euery wel or spryng to be chayned a dish, or bole of brasse to take vp water, for the refreshing of such as went by the way, which boles of brasse there remained safe, that no man touched them, during all the life of the said Edwyne. Such was then the tender care and study of Christen Princes, for the refreshing of their subiectes. But that was then the Brasen worlde, which now is growne to yron and leade, called Ætas ferrea or rather plumbea.
[Back to Top]This Edwyne, who first brought in the fayth in the North partes continuing after his Baptisme. vj. yeres, at length was slaine in battell by Cedwalla, MarginaliaAnno. 634 king of the Britaines. and by wicked Penda, king of the Mercians, wyth his sonne also Offricus in the field called Hatfield.
MarginaliaArchbishop of Canterbury and Yorke, the one ardayneth the other. This Paulinus was the first Archbyshop of Yorke, and as he was of Iustus Archbyshop of Caunterbury, ordained Archbyshop of the sea of Yorke, so he againe after the discease of Iustus, ordained Honorius to be Archbyshop of Caunterbury.
Paulinus after the death of godly Edwyne, seing vnmerciful Cedwalla or Cedwallon with his Britaines, and wycked Penda wt the Idolatrous merciās, MarginaliaEx Flor. hist. to spoile the land in such sort, as they made no spare neither of age nor sexe, nor Religion, was compelled to fle with Edelburg the Queene and Euflede her daughter, by water into Kent: where the said Archbishop Paulinus remained Bishop of Rochester, the space of xix. yeares. And so the Churche of Northumberland lacked a Byshop for the space of xxx. yeares after. Notwithstanding he left there one Iames his Deacon, MarginaliaIames a godly Deacon. a good man, who continued their baptising and preaching, in the North parts, till that peace being recouered, & the number of the faithfull increasing, the church came againe to his stay. MarginaliaA Deacon then might baptise. Hunting-Lib. 3.
[Back to Top]By the meanes of this Edwyne Erpwaldus King of the Eastangles sonne to Redwaldus aboue mentioned, was reduced to Christes faith.MarginaliaErpwaldus otherwise nanamed Corpwaldus, Kyng of Eastangles conuerted to the fayth of Christ.
After the decease of Edwyne and his sonne Offrike, both slayne in battell, reigned Osricus and Eufridus the one in Deyra, the other in Bernicia. Osricus was the sonne of Elfricus which was brother to Ethelfride. Eaufridus, was the eldest sonne of Ethelfride (for Ethelfride had three sonnes to wit, Eaufridus, Oswaldus, & Osricus. These two kinges of Desyra and Bernicia, Osricus, and Eaufride, beyng fyrst Christened in Scotlande: after being kinges returned to their old idolatry, & so in the yeares following were slaine one after the other, by the foresaide Cedwalla, and wycked Penda, as is in the table aboue expressed.
[Back to Top]MarginaliaS. Oswalde kyng of Northumberland. Anno. 636. Galfridus. Malmesberiensis. Polycro. Historia iornalensis. Fabian. After whō succeded in Northumberlaad, the seconde sonne of Ethelfride named Oswaldus, hauing rule on both the Prouinces as well Deyra, as of Bernicia. Whereof when the foresaide Cedwalla, (or Cadwallo) the Brytayne king had vnderstanding: who before had made hauoke of the Saxons and thought to haue rooted them vtterlye out of England: he sent king Penda wþ a mighty host of þe Britaines, thinking to slea also Oswald, as he had before slaine his brother Eaufride, and King Edwyne before them. But Oswald when he was warned of the great strength of this Cadwal, and Penda made his prayers to God, and besought him meekely of helpe to withstand his enimie: for the saluation of his people. MarginaliaStrength of prayer ouercommeth armyes. Penda beaten in the field. Thus after Oswald had prayed for the sauing of his people, the two hostes met in a fielde name Denesburne, some say Heuenfield, where was faught a strōg battell. But finally the armye and power of Penda, & Cedwall, which were farre exceeding the number of Oswaldus host, was chased and most part slaine by Oswaldus, after he reigned ouer the Britanes xxij. yeares leauing after him a sonne, whom Gaufridus called Cadwaladrus, the last king of the Britanes.
[Back to Top]MarginaliaThe commendation of king Oswalde. Of this Oswald, much praise and commendation is written in authors, for his feruent zeale in Christes Religion, & mercifull pitty toward the poore, with other great vertues moe. As touching the miracles of S. Oswald, what it pleased the people of that time to reporte of him, I haue not here to affirme: This I find in stories certaine, that he being well and vertuously disposed to the setting foorth of Christes faith and doctrine, sent into Scotlande for a certeine Bishop, there called Aidanus, which was a famous preacher. MarginaliaKing Oswalde disdayned not to expound and preach the gospell to hys people. The king what time he was in Scotland banyshed, had learned the scotish toung perfectly: wherfore as this Aidanus preached in his scotish toung to the Saxons, the king himselfe interpreting that which hee had said, disdayned not to preach & expounde the same to his nobles &
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