Journal of the British Archaeological AssociationBritish Archaeological Association, 1925 |
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Page 107
... Penda , A.D. 642 , in which the former King was slain , is stated by our most careful historians as " Unknown . " Some historians , following Camden , place the site of Maserfield at Oswestry , in Shrop- shire , others place it at ...
... Penda , A.D. 642 , in which the former King was slain , is stated by our most careful historians as " Unknown . " Some historians , following Camden , place the site of Maserfield at Oswestry , in Shrop- shire , others place it at ...
Page 108
... Penda victor fuit per diabolicum artum , " ( translated , " Penda was victor by diabolical contrivance . " ) If , as we suggest , the Battle of Maserfeld was in the Isle of Axholme , North - West Lindsey , on the borders of Northumbria ...
... Penda victor fuit per diabolicum artum , " ( translated , " Penda was victor by diabolical contrivance . " ) If , as we suggest , the Battle of Maserfeld was in the Isle of Axholme , North - West Lindsey , on the borders of Northumbria ...
Page 109
... Penda assembles his army and passes the Humber , to Winwaed . Chapter xiii . Penda assembled a vast army , went to the Humber and began a fierce war against Oswy at the river Winwaed , ( probably the river Went , a tributary of the ...
... Penda assembles his army and passes the Humber , to Winwaed . Chapter xiii . Penda assembled a vast army , went to the Humber and began a fierce war against Oswy at the river Winwaed , ( probably the river Went , a tributary of the ...
Page 111
... Penda mutilated the body of King Oswald , fixing the limbs to a post or pillar . One of the Masser - Closes at Maserfeld in Epworth is called Studcross- " stud " meaning a post or pillar . This may be a survival from this event after ...
... Penda mutilated the body of King Oswald , fixing the limbs to a post or pillar . One of the Masser - Closes at Maserfeld in Epworth is called Studcross- " stud " meaning a post or pillar . This may be a survival from this event after ...
Page 114
... Penda's army , and all frightened they forebore any further attempts against the city . " Penda , now appears to have retreated back to Mercia , as in the following year , A.D. 643 , Oswy , who had succeeded his brother as King of ...
... Penda's army , and all frightened they forebore any further attempts against the city . " Penda , now appears to have retreated back to Mercia , as in the following year , A.D. 643 , Oswy , who had succeeded his brother as King of ...
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