6o HISTORY OF ENGLAND.

chap. crown , and retired into a monastery. Ofwolf,I. son of Eadbert, was slain in a sedition, a yearafter his accession to the crown; and IVlollo,who was not of the royal family, seized thecrown. He perished by the treachery of Ailred,a prince of the blood; and Ailred, having suc-ceeded in his design upon the throne, was soonafter expelled by his subjects. Ethelred, his suc-cessor, the sod of IVlollo, underwent a like fate.Celwold, the next king, the brother of Ailred,was deposed and slain by the people, and hisplace was filled by Osred, his nephew, who,after a short reign of a year, made way forEthelbeit, another son of IVlollo, whole deathwas equally tragical with that of almost all hispredecessors. After Ethelbert’s death an universalanarchy prevailed in Northumberland; and thepeople, having, by so many fatal revolutions,lost all attachment to their government and prin-ces, were well prepared for subjection to a foreignyoke; which Egbert, king of YVessex, finallyimposed upon them.

The Kingdom of EAST-ANGLIA.

TThE history of this kingdom contains nothingmemorable, except the conversion ofEarpwold;the fourth king, and. great grandson of Uffa, thesounder of the monarchy. The authority of Ed-win, king of Northumberland, on whom thatprince entirely depended, engaged him to take