The history of Great Britaine under the conquests of ye Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans Their originals, manners, warres, coines & seales: with ye successions, lives, acts & issues of the English monarchs from Iulius Cæsar, to our most gracious soueraigne King Iames. by Iohn Speed.

His Issue.

(15) Egfrid the onely sonne; and heire apparant * 1.1 of King Offa and Queene Quendred, was the onely ioy and pride of his parents, who succeeded his Fa∣ther in his dominions and title, and in the same yeare also in the shades of death.

(16) Ethelburga, the eldest daughter of King Offa * 1.2 and Queene Quendred was maried to Brithrick the sixeteenth King of the West-Saxons: shee was a Lady of passing beautie, but withall of an insolent dispo∣sition, hating all whom her husband loued, and practising the deathes of them that she hated. She departed into France after the poisoning of her husband, & for that her offence, a law was enacted to the great preiudice of the West-Saxons Queenes, as in the raigne of Brithrick we haue declared. * 1.3

(17) Elfled, the second daughter of King Offa, & * 1.4 Queene Quendred, by the report of Randulph Hig∣den the Monke of Chester, was the second wife to E∣thelred King of Northumberland, who in regard of her had put from him his former wife, for which his subiects rose in Armes against him, and slew him in the last yeare of King Offa his raigne.

(18) Elfrid the third and yongest daughter of * 1.5 King Offa, and Queene Que•…•…dred, being promised in mariage, and assured vnto Ethelbert King of the East Angles, after the murther of her hoped Bridegroom, with great lamentations, and prophesying threats of reuenge, abandoned the society of men, and with∣drew herselfe vnto the monastery of Crowland in the

Fennes, where in contemplation and solitary sadnes she spent the remainder of her life; and yet there are that suppose her to bee the wife of King Kenwolfe, who was the founder of Winchcombe Monastery, & the successor of his brother Egfride.

(19) Fremund by Iohn Capgraue is supposed to be the sonne of King Offa, who, as he saith, was traite∣rously * 1.6 murdered by one Oswy that enuied his victo∣ries which he gat against the Danes: his body was buried at Offchurch in Warwickshire, and neere vnto the Palace of Offa; alleadging for his Author one Burghard, who was at his death, and wrote his life; yet some there are that thinke him mistaken, for * 1.7 that hee calleth him a young man, when as those warres hapned an hundred yeares after King Offa his life.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Egfrid the only son of Offa.
• * 1.2

  Ethelburga the first daughter.
• * 1.3

  Cap. 7. Sect. 16.
• * 1.4

  Polycbr. •…•…sted the second daughter.
• * 1.5

  Elfrid the third daughter.
• * 1.6

  Iohn Capgraue.
• * 1.7

  Burghard.