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The next Mercian king, Penda, ruled from about 626 or 633 until 655. Some of what is known about Penda comes from the hostile account of Bede, who disliked him – both as an enemy to Bede's own Northumbria and as a pagan. However, Bede admits that Penda freely allowed Christian missionaries from Lindisfarne into Mercia and did not restrain them from preaching. In 633 Penda and his ally Cadwallon of Gwynedd defeated and killed Edwin, who had become not only ruler of the newly unified Northumbria, but bretwalda, or high king, over the southern kingdoms. When another Northumbrian king, Oswald, arose and again claimed overlordship of the south, he also suffered defeat and death at the hands of Penda and his allies – in 642 at the Battle of Maserfield. In 655, after a period of confusion in Northumbria, Penda brought 30 sub-kings to fight the new Northumbrian king Oswiu at the Battle of Winwaed, in which Penda in turn lost the battle and his life. [12] Leicestershire History: What is the Origin of the Leicester Wyvern?". Archived from the original on 26 August 2019 . Retrieved 12 June 2019. St Editha looks down from her niche above the main altar on the church in Tamworth that bears her name. The princess, spurned by her Viking husband, went on to organise a Christian religious tradition in this area.

After Mercia was annexed by Wessex in the early 10th century, the West Saxon rulers divided it into shires modelled after their own system. It is not known how these reated to the older tribal boundaries, if those survived, but the Mægesæte are mentioned as late as 1016, perhaps as a byname for Herefordshire. [18] Modern uses of the term 'Mercia' The Kingdom of Mercia predated the emergence of heraldry, so there is no authentic Mercian heraldic device. However, later generations have ascribed a variety of devices to the rulers of Mercia or to the land itself. The earliest person named in any records as a king of Mercia is Creoda, said to have been the great-grandson of Icel. Coming to power around 584, he built a fortress at Tamworth which became the seat of Mercia's kings. [9] His son Pybba succeeded him in 593. Cearl, a kinsman of Creoda, followed Pybba in 606; in 615, Cearl gave his daughter Cwenburga in marriage to Edwin, king of Deira, whom he had sheltered while he was an exiled prince. [10] Ian W. Walker. Mercia and the Making of England (2000) ISBN 0-7509-2131-5 (also published as Mercia and the Origins of England (2000) ISBN 0-7509-2131-5)Claimed to be a cousin of Wigstan. Usurped the kingship and forced Ælfflæd to marry his son, Beorhtfrith. This excavated area outside St Mary's in Stafford marks the first established church in the town. The wooden object in the centre is a copy of St Bertelin's Preaching Cross, by which he was supposed to held his outdoor gatherings. The original cross lies still in the ground below with other remains of the original wooden structure. a b c Costambeys, Marios (2004). "Æthelflæd (Ethelfleda) (d. 918), ruler of the Mercians". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/8907. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. [ permanent dead link] (subscription or UK public library membership required)

However, in 1897 the Railway Magazine noted that there appeared "to be no foundation that the wyvern was associated with the Kingdom of Mercia". [30] The wyvern in Leicester's crest was derived from that of Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, who was executed in 1327. [33] Mercian, n. and adj.". Oxford English Dictionary (3rded.). September 2001 . Retrieved 3 October 2020.

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Baxter, Stephen: The Earls of Mercia: lordship and power in late Anglo-Saxon England (Oxford University Press, 2007), ISBN 0-19-923098-6 Stenton, F. M. (1970). "The Supremacy of the Mercian kings". In Stenton, D. M. (ed.). Preparatory to Anglo-Saxon England. Oxford. pp.48–66. {{ cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link) The dialect thrived between the 8th and 13th centuries and was referred to by John Trevisa, writing in 1387: [30]

Taken over from Essex in the 8th century, including London (roughly corresponding to Greater London, Hertfordshire, and Surrey). The saltire as a symbol of Mercia may have been in use since the time of King Offa. [46] By the 13th century, the saltire had become the attributed arms of the Kingdom of Mercia. [47] The arms are blazoned Azure, a saltire Or, meaning a gold (or yellow) saltire on a blue field. The arms were subsequently used by the Abbey of St Albans, founded by King Offa of Mercia. With the dissolution of the Abbey and the incorporation of the borough of St Albans the device was used on the town's corporate seal and was officially recorded as the arms of the town at an heraldic visitation in 1634. [48] Wife of Æthelred II and daughter of Alfred of Wessex. Possibly descended from earlier Mercian kings via her mother. With her brother, Edward the Elder, reconquered eastern Mercia.

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The ultimate source for the symbolism of white dragons in England would appear to be Geoffrey of Monmouth's fictional work, The History of the Kings of Britain (c. 1136), which recounts an incident in the life of Merlin where a red dragon is seen fighting a white dragon and prevailing. The red dragon was taken to represent the Welsh and their eventual victory over the Anglo-Saxon invaders, symbolised by the white dragon. [56] The town of Stoke is older than people think. This Saxon preaching cross in the churchyard of St Peter's in Stoke is evidence that Christian missionaries were at work locally around 600-700. Williams, Ann (2004). "Ælfgar, earl of Mercia (d. 1062?)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/178. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8 . Retrieved 26 September 2021. The West Mercia Constabulary was created in 1967, combining the police forces of Herefordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire.

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