Offa Sentence Examples

In 673 Archbishop Theodore divided the East Anglian diocese into two, Elmham being the seat of the northern, Dunwich that of the southern bishop. A long blank follows in the history of this kingdom, until in 792 we find Offa of Mercia slaying iEthelberht, king of East Anglia, who is said to have been his son-in-law.

In 790 the banished !Ethelred returned to the throne and drove out Osred, whom he put to death in 792. !Ethelred, who had married iElflaed the daughter of Offa, also killed Olf and Olfwine, the sons of Olfwald and was murdered himself at Corbridge in 796.

The manor was granted by King Offa to the bishopric of Worcester; and it was under the protection of the bishops of Worcester, who were granting them privileges as early as the reign of Richard I., that the inhabitants of the town assumed burghal rights at an early date.

In 787 the power of Offa was displayed in a synod held at a place called Cealchyth.

In 789 Offa secured the alliance of Berhtric of Wessex by giving him his daughter Eadburg in marriage.

In 794 he appears to have caused the death of ZEthelberht of East Anglia, though some accounts ascribe the murder to Cynethryth, the wife of Offa.

In 796 Offa died after a reign of thirty-nine years and was succeeded by his son Ecgferth.

It is customary to ascribe to Offa a policy of limited scope, namely the establishment of Mercia in a position equal to that of Wessex and of Northumbria.

Offa, like most of his predecessors, probably held a kind of supremacy over all kingdoms south of the Humber.

Further, there is no evidence for any kings in Kent from 784 until after Offa's death.

To Offa is ascribed by Asser, in his life of Alfred, the great fortifications against the Welsh which is still known as "Offa's dike."

With England the emperor had already entered into relations, and at one time a marriage was proposed between his son Charles and a daughter of Offa, king of the Mercians.

As the laws of Ine of Wessex speak of Erconwald as "my bishop," it is possible that the influence of Wessex for a short time prevailed in Essex; but a subsequent charter of Swefred is approved by Coenred of Mercia, and Offa, the son of Sigehere, accompanied the same king to Rome in 709.

In 779 Offa of Mercia defeated him and took Bensington.

Not far off are the traces of an extensive British fort, and, about a mile east, the line of Offa's Dyke, forming the Shropshire boundary.

In Offa's time a new gold coin, the mancus, resembling in standard the Roman solidus (about 70 grains), was introduced from Mahommedan countries.

Their weight was at first unaffected, but probably towards the close of Offa's reign it was raised to about 23 grains, at which standard it seems to have remained, nominally at least, until the time of Alfred.

Cynewulf was succeeded in 786 by Berhtric, who married Eadburg, daughter of the Mercian king Offa.

In 765 and 770 grants are made by a King Osmund, the latter of which is witnessed by Offa of Mercia.

Offa also appears as witness to two charters of an ZEthelberht, king of the South Saxons, and in 772 he grants land himself in Sussex, with Oswald, dux of the South Saxons, as a witness.

It is probable that about this time Offa definitely annexed the kingdom of Sussex, as several persons, Osmund, IElfwald and Oslac, who had previously used the royal title, now sign with that of dux.

At the beginning of Offa's reign we again find the kingdom ruled by three brothers, named Eanberht, Uhtred and Aldred, the two latter of whom lived until about 780.

There are two minor emirates, Shonga and Lafiagi in this province, and a number of semi-independent towns of which the chief are Awton, Ajassa, Offa and Patiji.

Under British administration the province is divided into three divisions, Illorin (central), Offa (southern) and Patiji (northern).

Full confirmation is afforded by English and Danish traditions relating to two kings named Wermund and Offa, from whom the M e rcian royal family were descended, and whose exploits are connected with Angel, Schleswig and Rendsburg.

For traditions concerning the kings of Angel, see under OFFA (i).

A charter of Offa, king of Mercia (785), deals with the conveyance of certain land to the monastery of St Peter; and King Edgar restored the church, clearly defining by a charter dated 951 (not certainly genuine) the boundary of Westminster, which may be indicated in modern terms as extending from the Marble Arch south to the Thames and east to the City boundary, the former river Fleet.

In 774 land in Lydd was granted by Offa to the monks of Christ Church, Canterbury, and the archbishop of Canterbury evidently held the lordship of the town from an early date.

A church was built on the spot, c. 793, by King Offa of Mercia.

There is more than one meaning of Offa discussed in the 1911 Encyclopedia.

He seems to have been the most powerful and energetic king of Mercia between Penda and Offa.

He was expelled the same year by Offa, who soon restored the power of Mercia, which seems to have suffered some diminution during the later years of !Ethelbald.

Offa's policy was apparently the extinction of the dependent kingdoms. In his reign the dynasties of Kent, Sussex and the Hwicce seem to have disappeared, or at all events to have given up the kingly title.

In Saxon times, King Offa founded an abbey at Bath, where King Edgar was crowned in 973.

Wales was thereby defined by Offa more than 1,200 years ago, creating a border relentlessly gnawed at in the succeeding centuries.

In the end Egfrith only outlived his father by 141 days. Offa himself had been involved in a struggle for the throne of Mercia.

Information is available from the local tic on a number of walks along Offa's Dike.

The 8th century Offa's Dike attracts numerous visitors each year together with the remains of several Norman castles.

In every case we find kingly government from the time of our earliest records, and there is no doubt that the institution goes back to a date anterior to the invasion of Britain (see Offa; Wermund).

Information is available from the local TIC on a number of walks along Offa 's Dike.

Elmo Shropshire released a sequel to the song, called Grandma Is Going to Sue the Pants Offa Santa in 2002.