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Sentence Examples The plaque is made from fine grained sandstone, probably derived from a skerry bed in local Mercia mudstone deposits. By the autumn of 880 the Danes had left Wessex and western Mercia, and had begun the systematic settlement of East Anglia. The lands were held before the Norman invasion by Edwin, earl of Mercia, who seems to have retained them until 1068 when he rose in revolt. Northumbrian expansion westwards led Mercia to make common cause with the Welsh. In fact, my home town was once the capital of an old territory called Mercia, and has a Norman castle that dates back over 1000 years. Godiva was the wife of Leofric, earl of Mercia, one of the three great earls of 11th-century England. Rennies Travel's Mercia Schultz said yesterday that the tax would have to be collected manually by consultants as the system had not yet been programmed electronically. Mercia was located in central England and broadly corresponds to what is now known as the English Midlands. His information about Mercia came from Lastingham, in Northumbria, and from Lindsey, a province on the borders of Northumbria and Mercia. Mercia was a rising power when Bede wrote the Historia Ecclesiastica, and Bede's regional bias is apparent. The Diocese of Mercia was founded in 656, with the first bishop, Diuma, based at Repton. Wulfhere initially succeeded in restoring the power of Mercia, but the end of his reign saw a serious defeat by Northumbria. Offa is credited with the construction of Offa's Dyke, marking the border between Wales and Mercia. Another ealdorman, Wiglaf, subsequently ruled for less than two years before being driven out of Mercia by Egbert. In 830, Wiglaf regained independence for Mercia, but by this time Wessex was clearly the dominant power in England. In 877 the Vikings seized the eastern part of Mercia, which became part of the Danelaw. The last reference to Mercia by name is in the annal for 1017, when Eadric Streona was awarded the government of Mercia by Cnut. It is possible, therefore, that until then Mercia had remained the preferred term, as the quote from Trevisa above would indicate. John Bateman, writing in 1876 or 1883, referred to contemporary Cheshire and Staffordshire landholdings as being in Mercia. The most credible source for the idea of a contemporary Mercia is Thomas Hardy's Wessex novels. Show More Sentences 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 saltire as a symbol of Mercia may have been in use since the time of King Offa. By the 13th century, the saltire had become the attributed arms of the Kingdom of Mercia. The arms were subsequently used by the Abbey of St Albans, founded by King Offa of Mercia. It is derived from the attributed arms of Leofric, Earl of Mercia in the 11th century. Under Egbert, Surrey, Sussex, Kent, Essex, and Mercia, along with parts of Dumnonia, were conquered. The 7th century saw a struggle for hegemony between Northumbria and Mercia, which in the 8th century gave way to Mercian preeminence. In the early 9th century Mercia was displaced as the foremost kingdom by Wessex. Aethelbald of Mercia, looking to defend recently acquired lands, had built Wat's Dyke. The Midlands is a cultural and geographic area roughly spanning central England that broadly corresponds to the early medieval Kingdom of Mercia. Of these, Northumbria south of the Tyne, and most of Mercia, were overrun by the Vikings during the 9th century. The portion of Mercia that was successfully defended, and all of Kent, were then integrated into Wessex under Alfred the Great. Wessex and Mercia gradually established an occasionally unstable alliance, with Wessex gaining the upper hand. Following Cnut's reforms, excessive power was concentrated in the hands of the rival houses of Leofric of Mercia and Godwine of Wessex. In 917, when armies from Wessex and Mercia were in the field from early April until November, one division went home and another took over. The flourishing of sculpture in Mercia, occurred slightly later than in Northumbria and is dated to the second half of the 8th century. Wilfrid went to Mercia, where he helped missionaries and acted as bishop for the Mercian king. He occasionally performed episcopal functions in Mercia and Kent, but never did so north of the river Humber. Wilfrid's monasteries in Mercia may date from this time, as King Wulfhere of Mercia gave him large grants of land in Mercia. Show More Sentences When no compromise was possible Wilfrid left Northumbria for Mercia, and Bosa was returned to York. The burh she established was one of ten which defended Mercia against the invading Danes. Experts believe it may also yield clues as to the boundary of the ancient Anglo Saxon kingdoms of Mercia and Northumbria. Alternatively, it has also been argued that Leofric, Earl of Mercia and his wife Lady Godiva were Hereward's real parents. In 627, Edwin of Northumbria conquered the Isle of Man along with most of Mercia. However, Oswiu killed Penda shortly after, and Mercia spent the rest of the 7th and all of the 8th century fighting the kingdom of Powys. Following the Saxon invasion of Britain, Leicester was occupied by the Middle Angles and subsequently administered by the kingdom of Mercia. Cadwallon ap Cadfan of the Kingdom of Gwynedd allied with Penda of Mercia to defeat Edwin of Northumbria. In the following centuries, the Powys eastern border was encroached upon by English settlers from the emerging Anglian territory of Mercia. Alweo's father was Eowa, who may have shared the throne for some time with his brother, Penda of Mercia. All four lines descend from Pybba, who ruled Mercia early in the 7th century. Beonna's first coinage predates Offa's own, and implies independence from Mercia. Another possible reason for the creation of an archbishopric at Lichfield relates to Offa's son, Ecgfrith of Mercia. Although its precise original purpose is debated, it delineated the border between Anglian Mercia and the Welsh kingdom of Powys. He was driven back to his ships by the brothers Edwin, Earl of Mercia, and Morcar, Earl of Northumbria. The kingdom of Mercia, under Penda, became established around Lichfield, and initially established strong alliances with the Welsh kings. However, his successors sought to expand Mercia further westwards into what is now Cheshire, Shropshire and Herefordshire. Edwin's mother is believed to have been Ethelfleda or Aldgyth, daughter of Eadwine of Mercia. The attempt proved futile as Harrison was then married to his sixth and final wife, Mercia Tinker. They wreaked havoc in Northumbria and Mercia and the rest of Anglia before being halted by Wessex. Show More Sentences In 957, the thanes of Mercia and Northumbria changed their allegiance to Edgar. The Kingdom of Lindsey, which today is Northern Lincolnshire, was part of Northumbria before being lost to Mercia. Experts believe it may also yield clues as to the boundary of the Anglo Saxon kingdoms of Mercia and Northumbria. Of these, all of Northumbria and most of Mercia were overrun by the Vikings during the 9th century. Part of Mercia and all of Kent were successfully defended but were then integrated into Wessex. It was from time to time effectively part of Deira, of the Northumbrian kingdom, and particularly later, of Mercia. Having conquered Mercia, the Danes turned the settlement into a centre for military and administrative purposes, which was part of the Danelaw. Examples were made of major landowners such as Earl Edwin of Mercia, their properties confiscated and redistributed amongst Norman barons. The county was settled by Angles around the 5th century, and became part of the Kingdom, and later Earldom, of Mercia. The Misks lie close to the boundary between the territory of the Pecsaetan Anglian tribe and that of the kingdom of Mercia. At one time the Ribble marked the northernmost extent of the ancient kingdom of Mercia. Tony Reynolds, who lives in Binley, won the Mercia FM cardboard cut-out competition. A mysterious document known as the Tribal Hidage suggests that the king of Mercia was receiving tribute or tax from the rest of the country. Tolkien's Farmer Giles of Ham is based on Mercia, and indeed the story is dominated by a dragon. During the 8th century, as the hegemony of Mercia grew, Wessex largely retained its independence. Guthrum quickly defeated Burgred and placed a puppet on the throne of Mercia. These attacks marked the beginning of sustained pressure from the expanding kingdom of Mercia. They were, however, able to avoid the more substantial control which Mercia exerted over smaller kingdoms. In 829 he conquered Mercia, driving its King Wiglaf into exile, and secured acknowledgement of his overlordship from the king of Northumbria. The process by which this transformation of the status of Mercia took place is unknown, but it left Alfred as the only remaining English king. Show More Sentences In 911 Ealdorman Aethelred died, leaving his widow, Alfred's daughter Aethelflaed, in charge of Mercia. During the decades that followed his death in around 624, East Anglia became increasingly dominated by the powerful kingdom of Mercia. This rebellion was suppressed by Wulfhere of Mercia who established himself as overlord. In the late seventh century, Kent gradually came to be dominated by Mercia. Threatened by Wessex, the South Saxons sought to secure their independence by alliance with Mercia. To the South Saxons, the more distant influence and control of a king from Mercia is likely to have been preferable to that of the West Saxons. In 765 and 770 grants are made by a King Osmund, the latter one was later confirmed by Offa of Mercia. The Kingdom of Sussex was an independent unit until the reign of Offa of Mercia. King Burgred of Mercia then negotiated peace with Ivar, with the Danes keeping Nottingham in exchange for leaving the rest of Mercia alone. In ten years, the Danes had gained control over East Anglia, Northumbria and Mercia, leaving just Wessex resisting. In order to establish peace, King Burhred of Mercia ceded Nottingham to the Danes in exchange for leaving the rest of Mercia undisturbed. During the peace, the Danes turned north and attacked Mercia, which they finished off in short order, and captured London in the process. King Burgred of Mercia fought in vain against the Ivar the Boneless and his Danish invaders for three years until 874, when he fled to Europe. The Danes now controlled East Anglia, Northumbria and Mercia, with only Wessex continuing to resist. The Northumbrians ravage Mercia but are trapped by Edward and forced to fight. She is succeeded by her brother, the Kingdoms of Mercia and Wessex united in the person of King Edward. By 878, the Vikings had overrun East Anglia, Northumbria, and Mercia, and nearly conquered Wessex. The following year the Northumbrian Danes attacked Mercia, but suffered a decisive defeat at the Battle of Tettenhall. Edward died at Farndon in northern Mercia on 17 July 924, and the ensuing events are unclear. At this point Eadric Streona, the Ealdorman of Mercia, deserted Aethelred together with 40 ships and their crews and joined forces with Cnut. Show More Sentences Thus by 1057 the Godwin brothers controlled all of England subordinately apart from Mercia. They nominated Morcar, the brother of Edwin of Mercia, as earl, and invited the brothers to join them in marching south. The region also corresponds to the later Five Boroughs of the Danelaw, and the eastern half of the Anglian Kingdom of Mercia. By the 9th century, the expanding power of Mercia led to it gaining control over Ergyng and nearby Hereford. The wyvern, a dragon with two legs, has a dubious association with Mercia. Less is known about events in Essex, but it was at about this time that London became attached to the kingdom of Mercia rather than that of Essex. The Shropshire landowner Eadric the Wild, in alliance with the Welsh rulers of Gwynedd and Powys, raised a revolt in western Mercia, fighting Norman forces based in Hereford. In 1065 Northumbria revolted against Tostig, and the rebels chose Morcar, the younger brother of Edwin, Earl of Mercia, as earl in place of Tostig. For example, Offa, king of Mercia, and Egbert, king of Wessex, are sometimes described as kings of England by popular writers, but not by all historians. 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. This describes the situation before the unification of Mercia. The Battle of Bedwyn was fought in 675 between Escuin, a West Saxon nobleman who had seized the throne of Queen Saxburga, and King Wulfhere of Mercia. Independent candidate, and former police superintendant, Bill Longmore was elected for the West Mercia force, while Conservative candidate Matthew Ellis won in Staffordshire. By the time of the first historical records of Lindsey, it had become a subjugated polity, under the alternating control of Northumbria and Mercia. Between 913 and 918 a series of English offensives overwhelmed the Danes of Mercia and East Anglia, bringing all of England south of the Humber under Edward's power. After the death of King Eadred in 955, England was divided between his two sons, with the elder Edwy ruling in Wessex while Mercia passed to his younger brother Edgar. It was ruled by the Wuffingas in the 7th and 8th centuries, but fell to Mercia in 794, and was conquered by the Danes in 869, forming part of the Danelaw. Culham is known to have existed by the reign of King Coenwulf of Mercia early in the 9th century, by which time the manor belonged to Abingdon Abbey. The Essex kings issued coins that echoed those issued by Cunobeline simultaneously asserting a link to the first century rulers while emphasising independence from Mercia. Before then, it consisted of a number of petty kingdoms which gradually coalesced into a Heptarchy of seven powerful states, the most powerful of which were Mercia and Wessex. Show More Sentences However, by the mid 8th century much of the kingdom, including London, had fallen to Mercia and the rump of Essex, roughly the modern county, was now subordinate to the same. Offa's Kentish charters show him laying these same burdens on the recipients of his grants there, and this may be a sign that the obligations were being spread outside Mercia. Northumbria held suzerainty amidst the Teutonic presence in the British Isles in the 7th century, but was eclipsed by the rise of Mercia in the 8th century. Soon after gaining power, he surprised a Mercian army at Rhyd y Groes near Welshpool and totally defeated it, killing Edwin, brother of the Leofric, Earl of Mercia. The artefacts, known as The Staffordshire Hoard have tentatively been dated to the 7th or 8th centuries, placing the origin of the items in the time of the Kingdom of Mercia. According to sources such as the History of Bede, after the invasion of Britannia, the Angles split up and founded the kingdoms of Northumbria, East Anglia, and Mercia. Comparatively early in his reign, according to Asser, the southern Welsh princes, owing to the pressure on them from North Wales and Mercia, commended themselves to Alfred. The eastern half of the county is Upper Triassic Mercia Mudstone laid down with large salt deposits which were mined for hundreds of years around Winsford. Ivar was succeeded by Guthrum, who finished the campaign against Mercia. In 691, the Diocese of Mercia became the Diocese of Lichfield. In political terms he is a partisan of his native Northumbria, amplifying its role in English history over and above that of Mercia, its great southern rival. This word also has etymological links with the Kingdom of Mercia. Earl Leofric of Mercia and his wife Lady Godiva built on the remains of the nunnery and founded a Benedictine monastery in 1043 dedicated to St Mary. During Ivar's campaign against Mercia he died and was succeeded by Guthrum the Old as the main protagonist in the Danes' drive to conquer England. The decline of Mercia allowed Wessex to become more powerful. Unfortunately for the Danes, the fleet of reinforcements encountered a storm and lost more than 100 ships, and the Danes were forced to return to East Mercia in the north. They killed Tostig's officials and supporters, then declared Tostig outlawed for his unlawful actions and sent for Morcar, younger brother of Edwin, Earl of Mercia. Zero-G Sk8Park, at Mercia Leisure Centre, in Lockhurst Lane, Foleshill, is using the cash to pay for improving ramps and signs outside the building. The booty was sent to Charlemagne at his capital, Aachen, and redistributed to his followers and to foreign rulers, including King Offa of Mercia. Alfred and the Viking leader Guthrum agreed on a division that gave Alfred western Mercia, while eastern Mercia was incorporated into Viking East Anglia. Show More Sentences Bram Stoker set his 1911 novel The Lair of the White Worm in a contemporary Mercia that may have been influenced by Hardy, whose secretary was a friend of Stoker's brother. Mercia is still used as a geographic designation, and the name is used by wide range of organisations, including military units, public, commercial and voluntary bodies. Under Offa, Mercia entered its most prosperous and influential period. West Mercia Police, Worcestershire County Council, and Droitwich charity SpeakEasy NOW are producing a hate crime leaflet for those with learning difficulties. Examples from Classical Literature But it was only in order to throw themselves on the neighbouring realm of Mercia. In 868 they once again invaded and seriously ravaged Mercia. You have now in front of you almost the whole of the ancient kingdom of Mercia. Craig, who swore he did not want children, has abandoned Mercia to set up house with a younger woman whom he has impregnated. I want to take you first to see a remarkable relic of Mercia, and then we'll go to Liverpool through what is called 'The Great Vale of Cheshire. When Mercia became subject to Wessex it was ruled by an alderman. He communicates his intention in a letter to Offa, King of Mercia. Fethelgeta was the second, and of him came the kings of Mercia. In 1085 the seat of the See of Mercia was transferred to Lincoln. And so then they departed out of the countrie, and drew into Mercia. Not that these Mercia ponies are at all the equal of our Irish horses. Mercia was but a petty province, and its king in fact a princekin. Find more words! 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