earle Berthred, or Bertus, was slaine in battell by the Picts, whose confins he had as then inuaded.  The curse of the Irish men, whose countrie in the [Sidenote:  Matt.  West.] daies of king Egfrid he had cruellie wasted (as before is mentioned) was thought at this time to take place.  Finallie king Alfride, after he had reigned 20 yeares & od months, departed this life, in the yeare [Sidenote:  705. Beda.] of our Lord 705.

In the beginning of king Alfrids daies, Eata the bishop of Hexham being dead, one Iohn a man of great holinesse was admitted bishop, and after that, bishop Wilfrid was restored, when he had remained a [Sidenote:  Iohn archbishop of Yorke.] long time in exile.  The said Iohn was remoued to the church of Yorke, the same being then void by the death of the archbishop Bosa.  At [Sidenote:  He resigneth his see.] length the foresaid Iohn wearied with the cares of publike affaires resigned his see, and got him to Beuerley, where he liued a solitarie life for the space of foure yeares, and then died, about [Sidenote:  721.] the yeare of our Lord 721, king Osrike as then reigning in Northumberland.  He continued bishop for the space of 24 yeares, and builded a church, and founded a colledge of priests at Beuerley aforsaid, in which church he lieth buried.

[Sidenote:  686 saith Matt.  West.] [Sidenote:  Lother king of Kent dieth of a wound.] The same yeare, or in the yeare after that king Egfrid was slaine, Lother king of Kent departed this life, the 8 Ides of Februarie, of a wound by him receiued in a battell which he fought against the Southsaxons, the which came in aid of Edrike, that was sonne vnto his brother Egbert, and had mainteined warre against his vncle the said Lother, euen from the beginning of his reigne, till finallie he was now in the said battell striken thorough the bodie with a dart, and so died thereof, after he had reigned 11 yeares, and seuen moneths.  It was thought that he was disquieted with continuall warres and troubles, and finallie brought to his end before the naturall course of his time, for a punishment of his wicked consent giuen to the [Sidenote:  Wil.  Malm.] putting to death of his cousins Ethelbert & Ethelbrit, as appeared, [Sidenote:  Capgraue saith, their sister.] in that when they were reported to be martyrs, because it was knowen they died innocentlie, he mocked them and made but a iest at it, although his brother in acknowledging his fault, repented him thereof, and gaue in recompense to their mother a part of the Ile of Thanet to the building of a monasterie.