Postby Rob Lane » Sun Aug 18, 2013 9:26 am
Hi Andy
Thanks for sharing this mate, at least someone is finally recognising our shared history!
There is some dispute between Stone and Tamworth being the royal seat of Mercia... "The earliest person named in any records as a king of Mercia is Creoda, said to have been the great-grandson of Icel. Coming to power around 584, he built a fortress at Tamworth which became the seat of Mercia's kings. His son Pybba succeeded him in 593. Cearl, a kinsman of Creoda, followed Pybba in 606; in 615, Cearl gave his daughter Cwenburga in marriage to Edwin, king of Deira whom he had sheltered while he was an exiled prince."
Note that Edwin, whom Penda killed near us here at Mierce Towers, was married to Cearl's daughter...
Cheers