Editing Ecgfrith of Northumbria (section)

==Northumbrian Monasticism==
Like his father before him, Ecgfrith supported the religious work of [[Benedict Biscop]] in the kingdom and gave him 70 [[Hide (unit)|hides]] of land near the mouth of the [[River Wear]] in 674 to undertake the building of a [[monastery]] dedicated to [[Saint Peter|St. Peter]]. About ten years later, he made a second gift of land, 40 hides on the [[River Tyne]] at [[Jarrow]], for the establishment of a sister house dedicated to [[Paul the Apostle|St. Paul]]. These two houses came to be known as the [[Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey|Monastery of Wearmouth and Jarrow]],<ref>{{cite DNB |wstitle= Benedict Biscop |volume= 04 |last= Stephens |first= William |author-link= William Stephens (dean of Winchester) |pages= 214-216 |short= 1}}</ref> an establishment made famous by the scholar [[Bede]], who, at the age of seven, was put into the care of Benedict Biscop at Wearmouth and remained for the rest of his life as a monk. His ''[[Ecclesiastical History of the English People]]'' was completed there in 731.<ref>{{cite DNB |wstitle= Bede |volume= 04 |last= Hunt |first= William |author-link= William Hunt (priest) |pages= 98-105 |short= 1}}</ref>