Kent — Minor Figures

3 figures from The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Ermenric

first appears A.D. 449–556

A.D. 449–556 · child: Ethelbert son of Ethelwulf “In this year Ethelbert, the son of Ermenric, was born,”
A.D. 560–625 · child: Ethelbert “he was the son of Ermenric.”

archbishop · first appears A.D. 560–625

A.D. 560–625 · pupil: Eadbald “And he charged him to go to the king, and teach him the right belief. And he did so; and the king returned to the right belief.”
A.D. 560–625 · lord / consecrator: Augustine “The holy Augustine in his lifetime invested him bishop, to the end that the church of Christ, which yet was new in England, should at no time after his decease be without an archbishop.”

king · first appears A.D. 796–835

A.D. 796–835 · enemies with Cynewulf king of Mercia “Cynewulf, King of Mercia, made inroads upon the inhabitants of Kent as far as the marsh; and the Mercians seized Edbert Pryn, their king, led him bound into Mercia, and suffered men to pick out his eyes, and cut off his hands.”

Extracted from the original text of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Made with Rho MD.