imperium etiam Romanorum cum regno Francorum Karolo Magno regi Pipini filio subiectum
est.
A[nno] dccolxxo
A[nno] dccolxxoio Sibaldus abbas obiit. Ecgric lector ad consorcium transiit
electorum. Offa rex Merciorum
Hestingos sibi per arma subegit.
A[nno] dccolxxoiio Pittellus dux & Sunuthulfus abbas obierunt in pace.
A[nno] dccolxxoiiio Hadwinnus antistes ęcclesię Migensis obiit, pro quo Leuthfridus subrogatus
est.
Wlfeht abbas Beuerlacensis migrauit ad Dominum. Albertus Eboracensis suscepit
pallium ab Adriano papa
A[nno] dccolxxoiiiio Aldredus rex suis
destitutus mutauit regnum exilio, cui ¶sibi
directum.
successit Ædelredus filius Moll. Offa rex Merciorum pugnauit contra
Kentenses apud Ottanfor
de, & clade horrenda utrinque peracta triumphauit. Ipso
anno uisi sunt in cęlo rubea signa
post occasum solis, & horrendi serpentes
uisi sunt in Sudsexe cum magna admiratione.
A[nno] dccolxxovo antiqui Saxones
unde gens Anglorum descendit ad Christum conuersi sunt. Eodem anno
Cynothus rex
Pictorum obiit. & Eadulfus dux per insidias captus fraudulenter occiditur. Karolus
rex Francorum famosissimus Saxones debellauit, & prouintiam Bowheri olim a
Francis oppres
sam suo subiecit imperio.
A[nno] dccolxxovio Pecthwine
episcopus Candidę Casę migrauit ad Dominum, cui successit Eðelbertus.
A[nno] dccolxxoviio Kinewlfus rex Westsaxonum pugnauit contra Offam regem Merciorum circa
Benetu
ne, set ab eo fugatus est. Eðelbertus qui Picthwine successerat apud
Eboracum consecratus est.
Aldulfus, Kinulfus & Ecga duces Eðelredi regis, ipso
precipiente fraudulenter occisi sunt ab
Adelbaldo & Heardberto principibus iii
kal’ Octobris. Obiit Hed rex Scottorum cui successit Fergus
filius eius.1
A[nno] dccolxxoviiio Adelbaldus &
Heardbertus duces Eðelredi regis Northumbrię rebellantes
domino suo occiderunt
Aldulfum filium Bose primatem exercitus apud Kingescliue, & postea occi
derunt
Kinulfum & Ecgan eiusdem regis duces apud Hylatyrnum. Unde rex a facie
eorum
fugit, & illi constituerunt regem pro eo Alfwoldum Osulfi regis filium.
A[nno]
dccolxxoixo Eðelredo expulso Alfuuodus suscepit regnum
Northumbrię.
A[nno] dccolxxxo Osbaldus & Ethelardus duces congregato exercitu Bearn patricium regis
Alf
woldi in Seletune succenderunt, ix kalendas Ian’. Albertus archiepiscopus
migrauit ad Christum, quo
adhuc uiuente Eanbaldus ordinatus est, & ipso anno
pallium sibi directum suscepit.
Kiniuulfus episcopus relictis curis secularibus
Higbaldo commisit episcopatum.
A[nno] dccolxxxoio Alchmundus Hagustaldensis
episcopus ad Christum transiit vii idus Sept’, cui successit Tylbertus.
A[nno]
dccolxxxoiio fuit concilium apud Acle.
A[nno] dccolxxxiiio Werburga quondam regina
Merciorum, tunc uero abbatissa, defuncta est. Eodem an
no Kiniuulfus episcopus de
quo supra diximus feliciter obiit.
A[nno] dccolxxxiiiio Kineuulfus rex Westsaxonum occiditur a
Kinehardo fratre Sigeberti, quia
rex statuerat eum exulare.
A[nno] dccolxxxovo Kineuulfo successit Brichtricus.
A[nno] dccolxxxovio Bothwinus
uenerabilis abbas Ripensis beato fine quieuit cui successit
Albertus. Eodem anno
Aldulfus consecratur episcopus ab Eanbaldo archiepiscopo Tylberto & Higbaldo
presulibus apud Corebrigiam, multisque muneribus ditatus ad suam ęcclesiam est
remissus. Rach
trida quoque regina tunc abbatissa obiit. Kinehardus in ultionem
domini sui Kineuulfi regis ab
Osredo rege interfectus est. Adrianus papa legatos
in Britanniam direxit - ut fidem catholicam
furthermore, the Roman empire along with the kingdom of the Franks was
annexed by Charles the Great son of King Pippin.
In the 770th year
In the 771st year Abbot Sigbald died.
Ecgric the lector passed over to the fellowship of the
chosen. Offa, king of the Mercians, drove the people of Hastings under him by force of
arms.
In the 772nd year Pictel
the ealdorman, and Abbot Swithwulf, died in peace.
In the 773rd year Hadwine, bishop of the church of Mayo, died, in
whose place Leuthfriht was chosen. Wulfeah, abbot of Beverley,
passed away to the Lord. Æthelberht of York received the pall from Pope Adrian ¶himself
directly.
In the 774th year King Alhred, deserted by
his own people, exchanged kingship for exile; Æthelred son of Moll succeeded him. Offa,
king of the Mercians, fought against the men of Kent at Otford, and triumphed after
dreadful destruction on both sides had resulted. In that year red signs were seen in the
sky after sunset, and dreadful snakes were seen in Sussex, with great astonishment.
In the 775th year the old Saxons, from whom the English
people descended, were converted to Christ. In the same year Ciniod, king of the Picts,
died. And the ealdorman Eadwulf, after being craftily captured, is deceitfully killed.
Charles, most celebrated king of the Franks, conquered the Saxons and subjected the
province of Bükeburg, formerly occupied by the Franks, to his rule.
In the 776th year Pehtwine, bishop of Whithorn, passed away to the
Lord; Æthelberht succeeded him.
In the 777th year
Cynewulf, king of the West Saxons, fought against Offa, king of the Mercians, near
Bensington,1 but was put to flight by him.
Æthelberht, who had succeeded Pehtwine, was consecrated at York. Ealdwulf, Cynewulf and
Ecga, ealdormen of King Æthelred, on his instructions, were slain deceitfully by the
ealdormen Æthelbald and Heardberht, on 29 September. Áed king
of Scots died; he was succeeded by his son, Fergus.
In the 778th year Æthelbald and
Heardberht, ealdormen of Æthelred, king of Northumbria, rebelling against their lord,
slew Ealdwulf son of Bosa, chief of the army, at Coniscliffe, and afterwards slew
Cynewulf and Ecga, ealdormen of the same king, at Helathyrne; as a result the king fled
from their face, and they established Ælfwald son of Oswulf as king in his place.
In the 779th year Ælfwald took the kingship of Northumbria
after Æthelred had been expelled.
In the 780th year the
ealdormen Osbald and Æthelheard, once an army had been gathered together, set fire to
Beorn, a courtier of King Ælfwald, at Seletun,2 on 24 December. Archbishop Æthelberht passed away to Christ;
Eanbald was ordained by him while he was still alive, and that year received the pall
directly. Bishop Cynewulf, after worldly concerns had been abandoned, resigned the
episcopacy to Higbald.
In the 781st year Alhmund, bishop
of Hexham, passed over to Christ, on 7 September; Tilberht succeeded him.
In the
782nd year there was a council at Aclea.
In the 783rd year Wærburh, formerly
queen of the Mercians, then, indeed, abbess, died. In the same year Bishop Cynewulf,
about whom we said something above, died happily.
In the 784th year Cynewulf, king of the West Saxons, is killed by Cyneheard, brother of
Sigeberht, because the king had decided to exile him.
In the 785th year Brihtric succeeded Cynewulf.
In the 786th year Botwine, the venerable abbot of Ripon, rested with a
blessed death; Æthelberht succeeded him. In the same year Ealdwulf is consecrated bishop
by Archbishop Eanbald and by Bishops Tilberht and Higbald at Corbridge; and, enriched
with many gifts, he returned to his church. Ricthryth, also a queen then an abbess,
died. Cyneheard was killed by King Osred in revenge for his lord, King Cynewulf. Pope
Adrian despatched legates to Britain, in order to renew and confirm the catholic faith.