uulnere iustam regis causam triumphare permisit.
Anno dccoloiio eclipsis lunę facta est
pridie kal’ Augusti.
A[nno] dccoloiiio Cudredus rex cum predicto consule Adelduno
sibi pacificato occurrit apud Bereford superbo
regi Merciorum Adelbaldo, qui
Cantuarienses cum Merciensibus adduxerat necnon & Orientales Saxones &
An
glos. Cumque inuicem pugnaretur Deus qui superbis resistit - fortitudinem
Adelbaldi dissipauit, qui & in fu1
A[nno] dccoloiiiio Bonifacius qui &
Winfridus archiepiscopus Francorum martyrio coronatus est cum l tribus. Eodem an
no
Cudredus rex pugnauit contra Britannos, & ex eis stragem magnam fecit.
A[nno]
dccolovo Cudredus obiit, & regnum Sigeberto cognato suo reliquit.
A[nno]
dccolovio Sigebertus rex Westsaxonum cum insolenter agens
intolerabilis esset a regno expulsus est
Qui fugiens abscondit se in silua quę
uocatur Andredeswald, ubi inuentus a quodam porcario
interfectus erat, cuius
dominum scilicet Humbram consulem, ipse rex nequiter occiderat. Ei successit Kinewldus
iu
uenis egregius de regia stirpuse2 oriundus.
Eodem anno Balthere anachorita - uitam Sanctorum secutus
migrauit ad Dominum. Luna
quoque ętate xva sanguineo rubore superducta est viii kal’
Decembris.
A[nno] dccoloviio Adelbaldo regi Merciorum occiso apud
Secandune successit Beornred, quem Offa eodem
anno expulit, & regnum pro eo
super Merciam xxxix annis obtinuit.
A[nno] dccoloviiio Eadbertus rex Northumbrię
tonsura capitis pro Deo accepta apud Eboracum sub ar
chiepiscopo Egberto factus est
canonicus, regnumque Osulfo filio suo reliquit, qui cum anno uno regnas
set a suis
nequiter occisus apud Methelwongtune ix kal’ Augusti Mol Adelwaldum regni reli
quit
heredem.
A[nno] dccoloixo Edelwald qui & Moll cepit regnare in Norhumbria, mense
Augusto.
A[nno] dccolxo
dirissimum prelium iuxta Eladunum commissum est in quo cecidit Oswinus. Edwald3 uero qui & Mol
dictus est
uictoriam habuit. Hoc anno Unnust rex Pictorum obiit. ¶Egfridus.
A[nno] dccolxoio Cuthbertus archiepiscopus carne solutus est
Edelbertus rex Cantuarię obiit, cui successit
A[nno] dccolxoiio Edelwold
prefatus rex accepit reginam, Eðeldridam.
A[nno] dccolxoiiio
A[nno]
dccolxiiiio nix ingens gelu
ligata a principio hyemis pene usque ad medium ueris terram oppressit.
Eodem anno
Ceolwlfus quondam rex - tunc seruus Christi & monachus ad cęlestia migrauit.
Frehel
mus abbas obiit. Defuncti sunt etiam hoc anno episcopi, Totta gentis
Merciorum cui successit Eadbertus,
& Freðewaldus Candidę Casę, cui successit
Pictwinus.
A[nno] dccolxovo ignei ictus in aere uisi sunt. Adelwaldus Moll
occidit Oswinum fortissimum ducum
suorum, quia contra eum surrexerat. Eodem anno
idem Adelwaldus regnum Northumbrię quod
vi annis tenuerat amisit, cui successit
Aldredus, & ipse regnauit viii annis. Bregwinus
archiepiscopus Cant’ obiit,
cui successit Lambertus. Obierunt etiam alii duo episcopi Hemeli Merciorum, cui
suc
cessit Cuthfridus, & Aldulfus Lindisiensis cui successit Ceolwlfus.
A[nno] dccolxovio Egbertus Eborac’ archiepiscopus in pace Christi quieuit,
cui successit Albertus. Friðebertus
Hagustaldensis episcopus de hac luce migrauit
ad Dominum x kal’ Ian’, cui successit Alchmundus. Friðe
waldus episcopus Cestrensis
obiit.
A[nno] dccolxoviio
Etha fidelis anachorita in Creic iuxta Eboracum feliciter obiit.
A[nno] dccolxoviiio Eadbertus quondam rex in clericatu & seruicio Dei feliciter obiit. Ipso
anno Stepha
nus papa & rex Francorum Pipinus obierunt. Rex Alcredus Norhumbrię
accepit reginam Osgeiuam.
A[nno] dccolxoixo Earnredus tyrannus
Ceteractam succendit, qui & ipse incendio periit eodem anno.
the righteous cause of
the king to triumph in the end.
In the 752nd year an
eclipse of the moon occurred on 31 July.
In the 753rd
year King Cuthred, with the aforesaid ealdorman Æthelhun, who had been reconciled with
him, came to Æthelbald, the haughty king of the Mercians, at Bereford, who had brought with him men of Kent with Mercians, and also East
Saxons and Angles. Whichever way it may have been fought between them, God, who puts a
stop to the haughty, overthrew the strength of Æthelbald, and who in
In
the 754th year Boniface, also known as Wilfrid, archbishop
of the Franks, was crowned with martyrdom along with fifty-three. In the same year King
Cuthred fought against the British, and caused a great slaughter among them.
In the
755th year Cuthred died, and left the kingdom to
Sigeberht, his kinsman.
In the 756th year Sigeberht,
king of the West Saxons, was expelled from the kingdom, since he had been unbearable,
behaving arrogantly. Fleeing, he hid himself in the wood, which is called Andredswald, where he was found and killed by a certain
swine-herd whose lord—namely the ealdorman Cumbra—the king had wickedly slain. Cynewulf,
an illustrious young man sprung from royal stock, succeeded him. In the same year
Baldred the anchorite, who followed the life of saints, passed away to the Lord. Also
the moon, aged 15 nights,1 was overtaken with a
blood-red hue on 24 November.
In the 757th year
Beornred succeeded after Æthelbald, king of the Mercians, had been slain at Seckington;
Offa expelled him in the same year, and in his place took the kingship over Mercia for
39 years.
In the 758th year Eadberht king of
Northumbria, with a tonsured head undertaken for God, was made a canon at York under
Archbishop Egberht, and left the kingdom to his son Oswulf. He, when he had reigned for
one year, was wickedly slain by his own people at Mechelwongtune
on 24 July. He left Moll Æthelwald heir to the kingdom.
In the 759th year Æthelwald, also known as Moll, began to reign in
Northumbria in the month of August.
In the 760th year a
most dreadful battle was joined near Eildon, in which Oswine fell. And Æthelwald, who
was also called Moll, had victory. In this year Unuist, king of the Picts, died.
In
the 761st year Archbishop Cuthberht was released from the
flesh. Æthelberht, king of Kent, died; he was succeeded by ¶Ecgfrith.
In the 762nd year the aforesaid king Æthelwald took Æthelthryth as
queen.
In the 763rd year
In the 764th year a huge amount of snow smothered the earth,
accompanied by frost from the beginning of winter almost up to the middle of spring. In
the same year Ceolwulf, formerly a king, then a servant of Christ and a monk, passed
away to the heavens. Abbot Frehelm died. Also in this year there
died Bishops Totta of the Mercian people—Eadberht succeeded him—and Frithowald of
Whithorn—Pehtwine succeeded him.
In the 765th year
shots of fire were seen in the sky. Æthelwald Moll slew Oswine, the most powerful of his
ealdormen, because he had risen against him. In that same year the same Æthelwald lost
the kingship of Northumbria which he had held for 6 years; Alhred succeeded him, and he
reigned for 8 years. Bregowine, archbishop of Canterbury, died; Lambert succeeded him.
Also, two other bishops died: Hemele of the Mercians—Cuthfrith succeeded him—and Aldwulf
of Lindsey—Ceolwulf succeeded him.
In the 766th year
Egberht, archbishop of York, rested in the peace of Christ; Æthelberht succeeded him.
Frithoberht, bishop of Hexham, passed away to the Lord from this light, on 23 December;
Alhmund succeeded him. Frithowald, bishop of Chester, died.
In the 767th year Eata, a faithful anchorite, died happily at Craike,
next to York.
In the 768th year Eadberht, formerly
king, died happily in clerical orders and the service of God. In that year Pope Stephen
and Pippin, king of the Franks, died. King Alhred of Northumbria took Osgifu as
queen.
In the 769th year Earnred the tyrant set
Catterick on fire; and he himself perished in the flames. In the same year,