Mercian in a sentence

It seems Edward had his son Æthelstan brought up in the Mercian court, and on Edward's death Athelstan succeeded to the Mercian kingdom, and, after some uncertainty, Wessex.

He joined the Mercian regiment, his local regiment, where he had multiple family connections.

Harrogate-based developer and operator Moda Living is the same company behind the 42-storey Mercian project, which opened in Broad Street in 2022, while work is well under way on its huge regeneration of Ludgate Hill Car Park in the Jewellery Quarter.

Researchers believe the items were taken from Northumbria and east England by Mercian armies from a kingdom in the centre of what is now England.

Steve Birmingham, lead coach for Worcester City Girls U15, said it is the first time this has happened for a local girls' team in the Mercian League.

Researchers, lead by Dr Fern, now believe the hoard belonged to Mercian King Penda who ruled until 655AD.

A charter relating to land in Derbyshire, which appears to have been issued at a time in 925 when his authority had not yet been recognised outside Mercia, was witnessed only by Mercian bishops.

After Mercia was annexed by Wessex in the early 10th century, the West Saxon rulers divided it into shires modelled after their own system, cutting across traditional Mercian divisions.

Although there are many gaps in the evidence, it is clear that the seventh-century Mercian kings were formidable rulers who were able to exercise a wide-ranging overlordship from their Midland base.

Anyway, battle put the princes' lives at risk, as is demonstrated by the Northumbrian and Mercian overlordships brought to an end by a defeat in the field.

At first Æthelstan behaved as a Mercian king.

Badge of the Mercian Regiment The silver double-headed eagle surmounted by a golden three-pronged Saxon crown has been used by several units of the British Army as a heraldic device for Mercia since 1958.

Bishop Asser claimed that the 'pagans' agreed to vacate the realm and made good their promise.sfn Indeed, the Viking army did withdraw from Reading in the autumn of 871 to take up winter quarters in Mercian London.

By the middle of the 8th century, other kingdoms of southern Britain were also affected by Mercian expansionism.

During the 8th century Wessex was overshadowed by Mercia, whose power was then at its height, and the West Saxon kings may at times have acknowledged Mercian overlordship.

Edmund then raised a new army and in conjunction with Earl Uhtred of Northumbria ravaged Eadric Streona's Mercian territories, but when Cnut occupied Northumbria Uhtred submitted to him, only to be killed by Cnut.

Gwent in south-east Wales was already under West Saxon lordship, but in the view of historian T. M. Charles-Edwards this passage shows that the other Welsh kingdoms were under Mercian lordship until Edward took direct power by deposing Ælfwynn.

In 9th century Mercian law a regular freeman ( churl ) was worth 200 shillings A shilling was defined as the value of a cow in Kent or elsewhere, a sheep.

In about 867, Æthelred effectively established a common currency between Wessex and Mercia by adopting the Mercian type of lunette penny, and coins minted exclusively at London and Canterbury then circulated in the two kingdoms.

In addition to their defensive uses, these burhs are thought to have been administrative centres, serving as regional markets and indicating a transformation of the Mercian economy away from its origins as a grouping of midland peoples.