Chap. VIII Of Wulfhere and Cenwulf, and of the Council Held by the Holy Father Theodore
A. 674. After one year, Wulfhere son of Penda, and Cenwalh34 fought a battle among themselves in a place called Beadanhead [Bedwin].
A. 677. After three years a comet was seen.
A. 680. At the end of two years a council was held at Hethlege,35 by the holy archbishop Theodore, to instruct the people in the true faith. In the course of the same year died Christ’s servant, Hilda, abbess of the monastery called Streaneshalch [Whitby].
Footnotes
34and [*] These names are both wrong; we must read Escwin.
35 Heathfield or Hatfield.