 | Anglo-Saxon chronicle - 1853 - 448 pages
...of Lindesfarne, died, and was succeeded by Eardulf. In this year, also, Ealhere, the ealdorman, and the men of Kent, and Huda, with the men of Surrey, fought bravely and stubbornly against the army of the Pagans, in the island which is called in the Saxon language... | |
 | Alfred (King of England) - 1858 - 598 pages
...Leo, his son Alured, whom Leo afterwards blessed as king, and received as his son. In this year duke Ealhere with the men of Kent and Huda with the men of Surrey, fought against the army of the pagans at Thanct ; and a great number were slain on both sides and shipwrecked... | |
 | John Allen Giles - 1863 - 428 pages
...which is 16 Soeon f \)m\dt 853 I And the same year king jEthelwulf sent his son .-KllVcd to Rome. Leo was then pope of Rome , and he consecrated him king, and took him for his son at confirmation. * * See note * in page 18. 2 Then, in the same year, E*alhere,with the men of Kent, and Huda, with... | |
 | Edward Edwards - 1864 - 188 pages
...visit to Rome, usually ascribed to the year 853.] [853.] K. JEthelwulf sent his sou Alfred to Rome. Leo was then Pope of Rome, and he consecrated him king, and took him for his son at confirmation. [855.] JEthelwulf went to Rome in great state, aud dwelt there twelve mouths. AI). BOOK OP HYDE ABBEY... | |
 | 1865 - 1124 pages
...Chronicle, among other passages relating to Kent, one which is apparently against his view : — " AD 853. In the same year Ealhere, with the men of Kent, and Huda, with the men of Surry, fought in Thanet against the heathen army, &c." Is it not probable that the " men of Surry "... | |
 | John Allen Giles - 1872 - 554 pages
...anointed for king the aforesaid Alfred, and adopted him as his spiritual son. The same year also, earl Ealhere, with the men of Kent, and Huda with the men of Surrey, fought bravely and resolutely against an army of.the pagans, in the island, which is called in the Saxon tongue,... | |
 | John William Edward Conybeare - 1900 - 260 pages
...confirmed him also, and received him for his own son by adoption. § 10. And in this same year did Earl Ealhere, with the men of Kent, and Huda, with the men of Surrey, stoutly turn to against a Heathen host in the island called in Saxon tongue Tenet [Thanet], but in... | |
 | John Asser - 1908 - 252 pages
...THANET, AND HOW THE DAUGHTER OF KlNG ETHELWULF WAS WEDDED. In this year also Ealhere the ealdorman, with the men of Kent, and Huda, with the men of Surrey, fought bravely and boldly with the army of the heathen in the island which in the Saxon tongue is called Thanet,... | |
 | 1909 - 346 pages
...to Rome. Leo was pope in Rome at the time ; and he consecrated him king and took him for his godson at confirmation. Then in the same year Ealhere with...Huda with the men of Surrey fought in Thanet against a heathen host, and at first were victorious; and many there were slain and drowned on each side. And... | |
 | John Martin Vincent - 1911 - 392 pages
...Saxon chronicler is very succinct. "And the same year King Aethelwulf sent his son Aelfred to Rome. Leo was then pope of Rome, and he consecrated him king, and took him for his son at confirmation." Asser the contemporary and biographer of Alfred expands a little, yet in reality adds nothing, unless... | |
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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. 
