318 MATTHEW OF WTOTMECTSTEB. A.D. 676. The same year Ulpher, king of Mercia, died, whose queen, Hermengilda, daughter of Erconbert, king of Kent, and of the holy Sexburga, daughter of Annus, king of the East Angles, and sister of the holy Ethelfrida, made him the father of the holy Wereburga, a virgin of great virtues. She, after the death of her father, renounced the world, and entered the monastery of her mother's aunt, Ethelfrida. And when Ethelred, her uncle, who succeeded Ulpher in the kingdom, heard of her holy disposition, he appointed her to preside over some monasteries of virgins devoted to God, with the rank of abbess, and she lived among them with great strictness, and to the end of her life served Christ, her king. At length, in one of her monasteries, which is called Trikingeham, she departed this life, and her corpse, as she herself had enjoined in her lifetime, was borne to the monastery called Mihealbrig, and buried with all honours ; and that monastery remained uninjured to the time when the wicked race of the Danes ravaged the provinces of England with cruel slaughter. King Ulpher had also brothers by name Ethelred and Penda, of whom we have spoken above, and Merwald, who reigned in the western division of Mercia. His queen, the holy Ermenburga, daughter of Ermenred, the brother of Erconbert, king of Kent, bore him three daughters, namely, the holy Milburga, the holy Mildrith, and the holy Mildgyth. She also bore him a son, named Merefin, a boy of eminent sanctity. Ulpher was succeeded by his brother Ethelred, who married Ostrica, the sister of Egfrid, king of Northumberland, and had by her a son named Ceolred. The same year, Eascwin, king of the West Saxons, died, who was the son of Kenseus, who was the son of Kenferth, who was the son of Cuthgis, who was the eon of Ceulf, who was the son of Kenric ; and Eascwin was ' succeeded by Kentwin, who was the son of Kinegilf, who was the son of Ceulf, and who reigned ten years. CH. XII.—FBOM A.D. 677 το A.D. 704. Disputes and Ecclesiastical affairs in Britain—Wilfrid is deposed from his Bishopric—Saint Etheldreda—Saint Hilda —A Council is held at Hatfield—Saint Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindis/arne—Egfrid is killed—Cadwallader is baptized—Dies—The Histories of Geoffrey of Monmouth, Co