 | Raymond Wilson Chambers - 1926 - 390 pages
...sent to the Apostolic See, we have received in kindly wise, and have arrayed him honourably in the Then in the same year Ealhere with the men of Kent,...men of Surrey, fought in Thanet against the heathen, and at first had the victory : and there was many a man slain and drowned on either side. And after... | |
 | Michael Swanton - 1998 - 412 pages
...as king,10 and took him as son at confirmation." Then that same year Ealhhere with the inhabitants of Kent and Huda with the men of Surrey fought in Thanet against a heathen raiding-army, and [continued on p. 66] 1 Large coin-hoards were buried in the city at this... | |
 | Joseph H. Lynch - 1998 - 300 pages
...famous delayed confirmation. "King ./Ethelwulf [of Wessex] sent his son Alfred to Rome. The lord Leo [IV] was then pope of Rome, and he consecrated him king and stood sponsor to him at confirmation." 85 The Chronicles assertion that Pope Leo consecrated Alfred... | |
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Ealhere, with the men of Kent, and Huda, with the men of Surrey, fought in Thanet, against the heathen army ; and at first they were victorious ; and many there were slain, and drowned on either hand, and both the ealdormen were killed. 
