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	Peada of Mercia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Peada (died Easter 656) was King of southern Mercia from 654 or 655 until his death.
		Peada was subsequently baptized by Finan of Lindisfarne, and this was followed by a campaign to convert Peada's people:
		According to Bede, Oswiu allowed Peada to rule the southern part of Mercia; southern Mercia consisted of 5,000 families, Bede reports, while northern Mercia was populated by 7,000 families, and the two were divided by the River Trent.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peada_of_Mercia (433 words)

	PENDA - LoveToKnow Article on PENDA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In 654 or 655 he invaded Northumbria in spite of the attempts of Oswio to buy him off, and was defeated and slain on the banks of the Winwaed.
		In the reign of Penda the districts corresponding to Cheshire, Shropshire and Herefordshire were probably acquired, and he established his son Peada as a dependent prince in Middle Anglia.
		Although a pagan, he allowed his daughter Cyneburg to marry Alchfrith, the son of Oswio, and it was in his reign that Christianity was introduced into Middle Anglia by his son Peada.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PE/PENDA.htm (280 words)

	Oswiu of Northumbria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It was probably in 642 that he married Eanfled, daughter of Edwin, thus uniting the two rival dynasties of Northumbria.
		His daughter Alhfled he married to Peada, son of Penda, king of Mercia, while another daughter, Osthryth, became the wife of Æthelred, third son of the same king.
		In 655 he was attacked by Penda, and, after an unsuccessful attempt to buy him off, defeated and slew the Mercian king at the Battle of Winwaed.
	usapedia.com /o/oswiu-of-northumbria.html (372 words)

	Peada of Mercia -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In about the year (Click link for more info and facts about 653) 653, Peada was made king of the Middle Angles by his father.
		Peada was subsequently baptized by Finan of (Click link for more info and facts about Lindisfarne) Lindisfarne, and this was followed by a campaign to convert Peada's people:
		In November 654 (or 655), Oswiu defeated and killed Penda at the (Click link for more info and facts about Battle of Winwaed) Battle of Winwaed, and consequently he came to exercise power in Mercia.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pe/peada_of_mercia.htm (424 words)

	Photographs of Dorchester on Thames, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
		A similar story relates how Elfleda, daughter of King Oswy of Northumbria, married Peada, son of King Penda on the understanding that he became a Christian and was baptised by Finan, Bishop of Lindisfarne.
		Peada became the first Christian King of all of Mercia.
		Peada and Oswy then founded a monastery dedicated to St. Peter at Medehamstede, modern Peterborough.
	www.thornber.net /england/htmlfiles/dorchester.html (559 words)

	OSWIU OF NORTHUMBRIA FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		His daughter Alhfled he married to Peada, son of Penda, the king of Mercia; another daughter, Osthryth, became the wife of Æthelred, Penda's third son.
		About this time he is thought by many to have obtained some footing in the kingdom of the Picts through their king Talorcan, the son of his brother Eanfrith.
		At the death of Peada in 656 Oswiu took control of whole Mercia himself, but was overthrown in 658 by a revolt under the leadership of Wulfhere_of_Mercia, a younger brother of Peada.
	www.brolgas.com /Oswiu_of_Northumbria (450 words)

	Peada of Mercia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Also at around the same time, Peada was made king of Middle Anglia by his father.
		In 655, Oswiu defeated and killed Penda at the Battle of Winwaed, and consequently he came to exercise power in Mercia.
		Peada only had enough time to help found the monastery at Peterborough before he was murdered on Easter of 656.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/peada_of_mercia (186 words)

	History of King Penda of Mercia
		Peada, son of Penda, becomes King of Mercia.
		When independence was reasserted later, Christian kings came to the throne, so the Death of Penda in 655 marked the end of the last pagan kingdom.
		656~King Peada of Mercia is killed after being betrayed by his wife.
	www.pendamoot.co.uk /penda.html (591 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Werburgh
		Werburgh thus united in her veins the blood of two very different races: one fiercely cruel and pagan; the other a type of gentle valour and Christian sanctity.
		In her, likewise, centred the royal blood of all the chief Saxon kings, while her father on the assassination of his elder brother Peada, who had been converted to Christianity, succeeded to the largest kingdom of the heptarchy.
		Whether Wulfhere was an obstinate pagan who delayed his promised conversion, or a relapsed Christian, is controverted, but the legend of the terrible and unnatural crime which has been imputed to him by some writers must here be dismissed on the authority of all earlier and contemporary chroniclers, as the Bollandists have pointed out.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15588b.htm (1126 words)

	Sandbach Crosses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Peada, King of Middle Anglia; Wulfhere and Aethelred, eventually Kings of Mercia; Merewalh, King of Magonset; St. Cuneburga, wife of King Alcfrith of Deira and Abbess of Castor; St. Cuneswith; St. Cunethrith of Castor; St. Edith of Aylesbury; St. Edburga of Bicester; and Wilburga, wife of King Frithuwold of Surrey.
		The two sandstone obelisks bearing engravings which tell the story of the life of Christ and Penda's son, Peada, return to Mercia, were smashed by Puritan iconoclasts in the 17th century and r
		The ancient Crosses of Sandbach are believed to commemorate the event and the establishment of a Minster at Sandbach.
	www.heritage.me.uk /misc/sandbach_crosses.htm (421 words)

	EBK: Historical Chronology of the Early Saxon Kingdoms AD 650-692
		In return for the hand of the daughter of King Oswiu of Bernicia, Princess Alcflaed, Peada accepts baptism, into the Christian church, by Bishop (and Saint) Finan of Lindisfarne, at Wattbottle.
		The Bernicians overrun Mercia, but allow Penda's son, Peada, to continue his rule in Middle Anglia, probably due to his Christian faith.
		Murder of King Peada of Middle Anglia through the treachery of his wife.
	www.earlybritishkingdoms.com /adversaries/kingdoms/650.html (3865 words)

	Mercia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		At that time, the most reverend Bishop Aidan was dwelling in the Isle of Farne, which is about two miles from the city; for thither he was wont often to retire to pray in solitude and silence; and, indeed, this lonely dwelling of his is to this day shown in that island.
		." The newly baptised Peada returned home accompanied by four priests: "The aforesaid priests, arriving in the province with the prince, preached the Word, and were heard willingly; and many, as well of the nobility as the common sort, renouncing the abominations of idolatry, were daily washed in the fountain of the faith.
		The project began during the short reign of Wulfhere's brother, Peada, as king of South Mercia: "In his time came together himself and Oswy, brother of King Oswald, and said, that they would rear a minster to the glory of Christ, and the honour of St.Peter.
	www.stephen.j.murray.btinternet.co.uk /mercia.htm (12476 words)

	Photographs of Breedon on the Hill, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
		Christianity came to the central region of England from Northumbria, where it had been reintroduced by Celtic monks from Ireland.
		In 653, Elfleda, daughter of King Oswy of Northumbria, married Peada, son of King Penda who became a Christian and was baptised by Finan, Bishop of Lindisfarne.
		Peada was succeeded by his brothers, Wulfhere and then Aethlred, who ruled until 704.
	www.thornber.net /england/htmlfiles/breedon.html (846 words)

	The Orthodox Web Site for information about the faith, life and worship of the Orthodox Church
		The Venerable Bede first refers to St. Cedd in his account of the baptism of Peada, King of the Middle Angles, in Northumbria in 653 by St. Finan, St. Aidan's successor at Lindisfarne.
		They were ruled by King Sigebert who, however, was converted by the same King Oswy who had brought Peada to Christ.
		Sigebert was baptised at the same time as Peada in 653.
	www.orthodox.clara.net /saint-cd.htm (1877 words)

	Chapter Petella <i>to</i> Petulant of P by Brewer's Readers Handbook
		Peterborough, in Northamptonshire; so called from Peada (son of Pendar king of Mercia), who founded here a monastery in the seventh century.
		Before Peada’s time, Peterborough was a village called Medhamsted.—Drayton: Polyolbion, xxiii.
		Peterloo (The Field of), an attack of the military on a reform meeting held in St. Peter’s Field, at Manchester, August 16, 1819.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/3/174/1126/14910/2.html (474 words)

	The Anglo-Saxon Age (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		--Middle Angles (Mercians) under Peada, the ealdorman, son of Penda, become christain.
		Peada, son of Penda, becomes (of part of) King of Mercia.
		--King Peada of Merica is killed after being betrayed by his wife.
	members.aol.com /michellezi/timelines/A-Sage.html (2623 words)

	Britannia Biographies: St. Ermengilda, Queen of Mercia
		He granted half of it to his son-in-law, Peada, who, however, only lived to reign a year, being poisoned by his wife.
		WuIfhere, Peada's brother, was then placed on the throne of Mercia, with the help of three of the chief ealdormen, and his position was strengthened by his marriage with this Princess of Kent, to whom he promised to extirpate idolatry in his dominions and root out paganism and superstition.
		For love of his dead brother Peada, Wulfhere - encouraged by his wife - greatly favoured the Abbey of Medshamstead (now Peterborough), which Peada and Oswiu had begun to build.
	www.britannia.com /bios/saints/ermengilda.html (546 words)

	Country News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The accused, Sohel Peada alias Mantu was an employee of Jasim Confectionery which the victim’s father owned.
		At dead of night on September 26, 2000 Sohel Peada threw an entire glass of acid on Jasmin, who was asleep, through the window.
		After arrest Sohel Peada gave confessional statements to the magistrate and according to his confession, police arrested the other accused.
	www.weeklyholiday.net /210202/count.html (1963 words)

	Sub (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Peada King of the Middle Angles; Peada was converted to Christianity
		to Bede); Peada was assasinated the following spring.
		* Peada held the Kingdom of Middle Angles under the overlordship
	www.ancientcoins.ca /taeppa/kings/middleangles.htm (429 words)

	The Battle of Winwaed: The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		From the beginning of the world had now elapsed five thousand eight hundred and fifty winters, when Peada, the son of Penda, assumed the government of the Mercians.
		But King Peada reigned no while; for he was betrayed by his own queen, in Easter-tide.
		We assume the "royal personages" are the Britons mentioned by Geoffrey of Monmouth, although the Chronicle does not admit to this.
	www.winwaed.com /history/winwaed/chronicle.shtml (289 words)

	Oswiu, King of Northumbria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He took Christianity with Peada of Mercia in 655.
		He was very good friends with Peada, and very close to the Mercian government.
		In 667, Owsiu and King Egbert of Kent sent a priest Wighard to Rome to be consecrated there Archbishop of Canterbury.
	www.ghg.net /shetler/oldimp/374.html (69 words)

	Articles - Penda of Mercia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		According to Bede, who dates the events to 653, the latter marriage was made contingent upon the baptism and conversion to Christianity of Peada; Peada accepted this, and the preaching of Christianity began among the Middle Angles, whom he ruled.
		Peada's conversion and the introduction of priests into Middle Anglia could be seen as evidence of Penda's tolerance of Christianity, given the absence of evidence that he sought to interfere.
		With the defeat at the Winwaed, Oswiu came to briefly dominate Mercia, permitting Penda's son Peada to rule its southern portion.
	lastring.com /articles/Penda_of_Mercia?mySession=1b8f979f447659f1fec... (4480 words)

	Mercia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The battle led to a temporary collapse of Mercian power.
		Penda was succeeded first by his son Peada, but in the spring of 656 Oswiu assumed control of the whole of Mercia after Peada's murder.
		A revolt in 658 resulted in the appearance of another son of Penda, Wulfhere, who ruled Mercia until his death in 675.
	www.secaucus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Mercia (1175 words)

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