Chadwell St Mary was within the Kingdom of Essex, which was one of the kingdoms in the Anglo-Saxon heptarchy and which became the shire and subsequently county of Essex.
22.
Even in the days of the Heptarchy, the English had an identity and called themselves and their language " Englisc " and their country " Englaland ".
23.
Cynegils is traditionally considered to have been King of Wessex, but the familiar kingdoms of the so-called Heptarchy had not yet formed from the patchwork of smaller kingdoms in his lifetime.
24.
The " "'Mercian Supremacy "'" the period of Anglo-Saxon history between 600 and 900, when the kingdom of Mercia dominated the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy.
25.
Mr Gibson discovers the young man's secret affection and sends Molly to stay with the Hamleys of Hamley Hall, a gentry family that purportedly dates from the Heptarchy but whose circumstances are now reduced.
26.
The " Anglo-Saxon Chronicle " derives the royal lines of the Heptarchy form a common ancestor, Woden, a euhemerized version of the Mercia, descended from the rulers of the Angles.
27.
Certainly the term " Heptarchy " has been considered unsatisfactory since the early 20th century and many professional historians no longer use it, feeling that it does not accurately describe the period to which it refers.
28.
In 1845 he published " Songs and Lyrical Poems " ( 3rd edn, 1849 ), and in 1852 a versified tale of the heptarchy entitled " Guthrum the Dane ", a medieval romance.
29.
In 449, the British Isles were invaded by the Anglo-Saxons, who would fully control the region for the next six hundred years; although this would consist of small and divided kingdoms collectively known as the Heptarchy.
30.
Under Offa, who ruled over most of the kingdoms of the heptarchy, local South Saxon rulers were allowed to continue provided that they recognised Offa's overriding authority and some estates seem to have come into his direct possession.
