ebraucus

Updated: May 9, 2025

Geoffrey of Monmouth, whose knowledge of Britain before the Roman occupation is not shared by our modern historians, gives the following account of its beginning: "Ebraucus, son of Mempricius, the third king from Brute, did build a city north of Humber, which from his own name, he called Kaer Ebrauc that is, the City of Ebraucus about the time that David ruled in Judea."

A. (Arthur) Clutton-Brock - The Cathedral Church of York: Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief: History of the Archi-Episcopal See

Thus, by tradition, as both Romulus and Ebraucus were descended from Priam, Rome and York are sister cities; and York is the older of the two. One can understand the eagerness of Drake, the historian of York, to believe the story.

A. (Arthur) Clutton-Brock - The Cathedral Church of York: Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief: History of the Archi-Episcopal See