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66 SCOTTISH ANNALS<br />
926<br />
. . . And<br />
k<strong>in</strong>gdom<br />
ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE, MS. D. 1<br />
Sitric died, and k<strong>in</strong>g Ethelstan 2 assumed the<br />
of the Northumbrians.<br />
And he subjugated all the k<strong>in</strong>gs who were <strong>in</strong> <strong>this</strong> island :<br />
and Constant<strong>in</strong>, k<strong>in</strong>g<br />
firstly Howel, 3<br />
k<strong>in</strong>g of the West Welsh ;<br />
of the Scots, and Owen, k<strong>in</strong>g of Gwent, 4 and Aldred, son of<br />
Adulf of Bamborough. 5<br />
53-54.<br />
1 Cf. s.a. 926, Fl. of W., i, 131 ; S. of D., ii, 124. S.a. 921, Hoved., i,<br />
"<br />
Compare W. of M., G.R., i, 147, after Sitric's death : Olaf, Sitric's<br />
son, fled to Ireland, and Godfrey his brother to <strong>Scotland</strong>. The k<strong>in</strong>g's men<br />
followed after them, be<strong>in</strong>g sent to Constant<strong>in</strong>, k<strong>in</strong>g of the Scots, and to<br />
Eogan " [or Owen] " k<strong>in</strong>g of the Cumbrians, demand<strong>in</strong>g back the fugitive<br />
and declar<strong>in</strong>g war.<br />
"<br />
The barbarians had not the courage to murmur aga<strong>in</strong>st it, but without<br />
demurr<strong>in</strong>g came to the place which is called Dacre, and yielded themselves<br />
and their k<strong>in</strong>gdoms to the k<strong>in</strong>g of the English.<br />
' '<br />
In gratitude for <strong>this</strong> agreement Constant<strong>in</strong>'s son was <strong>in</strong>structed to be<br />
baptized, and [Ethelstan] himself received him from the sacred font.<br />
" But Godfrey escaped, dur<strong>in</strong>g the preparations of the travellers.<br />
..."<br />
V. also Ann. of Ulster, s.a. 926 = 927.<br />
The expulsion of Godfrey is placed under 927 by A.S.C., MSS. E, F ;<br />
S. of D., H.R., ii, 93 : under 926 by Fl. of W., i, 130-131, who mentions it<br />
simultaneously with the annexation of Northumbria by Ethelstan, previously<br />
to the submission of the k<strong>in</strong>gs. So S. of D., H.R., ii, 124 ; cf. De Pr. Sax.<br />
Adv., <strong>in</strong> S. of D., ii, 377.<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to Fl. of W., W. of M., De Pr. Sax. Adv., u.s., Godfrey was<br />
the son of Sitric. But more probably he was his brother. Cf. Todd, War of<br />
the Gaedhil, 279.<br />
Sitric was Ethelstan's brother-<strong>in</strong>-law ; A.S.C., MS. D, s.a. 925.<br />
2 " Who first of the k<strong>in</strong>gs of the English reduced all his enemies, and<br />
obta<strong>in</strong>ed the lordship of the whole of Brita<strong>in</strong>." S. of D., H.D.E., i, 63. De<br />
"<br />
Pr. Sax. Adv., <strong>in</strong> S. of D., ii, 372 : For he reduced to himself both <strong>Scotland</strong><br />
and Cumberland, and other prov<strong>in</strong>ces of islands."<br />
"It is long to relate . . . what bounds [Ethelstan] placed to his empire<br />
<strong>in</strong> <strong>Scotland</strong> " ; W. of M., G.P., 397. The Ann. of L<strong>in</strong>d., <strong>in</strong> M.G.H., SS.,<br />
xix, 506, s.a. 920, say that Ethelstan " was the first to obta<strong>in</strong> the monarchy<br />
of the whole of England," and immediately add, s.a. 924, " k<strong>in</strong>g Ethelstan<br />
entered <strong>Scotland</strong>."<br />
3<br />
Probably a pr<strong>in</strong>ce of Cornwall ; cf. Plummer, S.C., ii, p. viii. Compare<br />
however W. of M., G.R., i, 142, <strong>in</strong>fra, note.<br />
4 Monmouthshire.<br />
5<br />
Fl. of W., i, 131, appears to misunderstand the phrase from Bebban<br />
byrig, and changes the complexion of the whole passage? "All the k<strong>in</strong>gs<br />
also of the whole of Albion he conquered <strong>in</strong> battle and put to flight, to wit<br />
Howel, k<strong>in</strong>g of the West Britons ; then Constant<strong>in</strong>, k<strong>in</strong>g of the Scots ; Wuer<br />
[i.e. Owen], k<strong>in</strong>g of Gwent. Aldred also, the son of Adulf, he drove out<br />
from the royal city which <strong>in</strong> the English tongue is called<br />
" Bamborough.<br />
All these, when they saw that they could not oppose his vigour, sought<br />
peace from him, and came together on the fourth before the Ides of July <strong>in</strong>