Mercia [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Danish Mercia.
In the early Middle Ages Loss of independence.
When Æthelflæd died in 918, Ælfwynn, her daughter by Æthelred, succeeded as 'Second Lady of the Mercians', but within six months Edward had deprived her of all authority in Mercia and taken her into Wessex.
References to Mercia and the Mercians continue through the annals recording the reigns of Æthelstan and his successors. Æthelstan himself was raised in Mercia and became its king before he was king of Wessex. In Winchester, there was even an attempt
ancient manor. In AD 777 King Offa of Mercia granted "Segcgesbearuue" or "Secgesbearuue" to King Ealdred, of Hwicce, which was part of the Kingdom of Mercia. Ealdred in turn granted Sedgeberrow to the Bishop of Worcester. In 1086 the Domesday Book recorded that "Seggesbarwe" was held by the monks of Worcester Priory. In 1539-40 the Crown dissolved the Priory and in 1542 it granted "Segebarowe" to the Dean and Chapter of Worcester Cathedral. After the English Civil War the Commonwealth of England sold