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Updated: May 3, 2025
That heap of stones brings us at once to the dawn of the Anglian kingdom. It was begun more than a thousand years ago in the latter part of the seventh century in memory of a murder. Wulfere, King of Mercia, nephew of Penda, here murdered his two sons for embracing Christianity. As was the custom of the time, each passer-by added a stone to the memorial heap.
Chapel of S. Oswald, the Holy Trinity Chapel above it. Chapel of S. Benedict. Chapel of SS. Kyneburga and Kyneswitha, sisters of Peada and Wulfere, the original founders of the monastery. Choir. Sacristy. Choir-screen. Front of rood-loft. Nave. Gate to grave-yard. Gate to Prior's lodging. Minster close. Gatehouse to Abbot's lodging, with the Knights' chamber above.
It was in the middle of the seventh century when Penda was King of the Mercians, and his children, three sons, Peada, Wulfere, and Ethelred, and two daughters, Kyneburga, and Kyneswitha, became converted to the Christian faith. On succeeding to the throne, Peada the eldest son, founded this monastery of Medeshamstede.
Wulfere, king of the West Saxons, bestowed the Isle of Wight on the king of Sussex, to persuade him to embrace Christianity. Hist. The greatest kings and conquerors frequently resigned their crowns, and shut themselves up in monasteries.
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