English — Minor Figures

9 figures from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Trumhere

bishop and abbot · first appears Book III · Chap. XXIV

• Book III · Chap. XXIV · patron: Oswy “Queen Eanfled, his kinswoman, in expiation of his unjust death, begged of King Oswy that he would give Trumhere, the aforesaid servant of God, a place there to build a monastery,”
• Book III · Chap. XXIV · with Oswin “because he also was kinsman to the slaughtered king;”

Adda

priest · first appears Book III · Chap. XXI

• Book III · Chap. XXI · siblings with Utta “Adda was brother to Utta, whom we have mentioned before, a renowned priest, and abbot of the monastery which is called At the Goat’s Head.”
• Book III · Chap. XXI · with Peada “The aforesaid priests, arriving in the province with the prince, preached the Word, and were heard willingly;”

Betti

priest · first appears Book III · Chap. XXI

• Book III · Chap. XXI · with Peada “The aforesaid priests, arriving in the province with the prince, preached the Word, and were heard willingly;”