Event: Imprisonment, Siege
Eadberht 11
.despoiling the church
Asserted in:
NorthernAnnals.FirstSet
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Scholarly Info
Description
In 750 King
Eadberht 11
took Bishop
Cynewulf 3
as a prisoner to Bamburgh, and had the church of St Peter in Lindisfarne besieged.
Year
750
Primary Source Info
Persons associated with this Event:
Agent
:
Eadberht 11
(
King of the Northumbrians, 737-758; d.768
)
Recipient
:
Cynewulf 3
(
Bishop of Lindisfarne, 737/40-779/80; d. 782/3
)
Locations associated with this Event:
: (
), now
Bamburgh, Northumberland
: (
), now
Lindisfarne, Northumberland