85 Gratian Municeps
At this time the Picts and Scots harass the Britons, who
apply to the Romans.
86 Constantine, prince of Armorica, comes to assist the Britons
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87 Constans 89 Aurelius 90 Uther Pendragon=Igerna
Ambrosius |
88 Vortigern usurps the throne (5.9) ______|______
and calls in the Saxons | |
91 Arthur Anne
92 Constantine 93 Aurelius Conan 94 Wortiporius 95 Malgo
96 Careticus 97 Cadwan
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Peanda (sister)=98 Cadwallo
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99Cadwallader
Cadwallader goes to Rome, where he is confirmed in the faith of Christ by pope Sergius, and dies A, D. 689.
Chap. VI.—RICHARD OF CIRENCESTER.
Richard, surnamed from his birth-place Richard of Cirencester, flourished from the middle to the latter end of the fourteenth century. No traces of his family or connections can be discovered; though they were at least of respectable condition, for he received an education which in his time was far beyond the attainment of the inferior ranks of society. In 1350 he entered into the Benedictine monastery of St. Peter, Westminster, during the abbacy of Nicholas de Lytlington, as appears from the rolls of the bey; and his name occurs in various documents of that establishment in the years 1387, 1397, and 1399.
He devoted his leisure hours to the study of British and Anglo-Saxon history and antiquities, in which he made such proficiency that he is said to have been honoured with the name of the Historiographer. Pitts informs us, without
