Editing Kingdom of Lindsey (section)

===Kings of Lindsey===
The [[Anglian collection]] of [[genealogy|genealogies]], which was created in the last years of the reign of [[Offa of Mercia]], gives a pedigree for Aldfrið, presumed to have been ruler of Lindsey. It traces him to the Anglo-Saxon god, [[Odin|Woden]], likewise made ancestor of the other Anglo-Saxon dynasties, and provides Woden's ancestry for several further generations.

*Geot – Compare the [[Geats]] who are frequently mentioned in [[Beowulf]]'s story.
*Godulf
*Finn
*Frioðulf
*Frealaf
*Woden, the god. 
*Winta – Compare [[Winteringham]] (the homestead of Winta's people) and [[Winterton, Lincolnshire]] (the farm/village of Winta's people).
*Cretta
*Cuelgils
*Caedbaed
*[[King Bubba|Bubba]]
*[[Beda Bubbing]]
*[[Biscop Beding]]
*Eanferð
*Eatta
*Aldfrið

None of the individuals can be securely dated, though the name Biscop, [[Old English]] for '[[bishop]]', suggests a time after conversion. Likewise, the practice of agnatic inheritance akin to [[Tanistry#Blood tanistry|blood tanistry]] in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms means that it cannot be determined which of the listed male-line ancestors of Aldfrið actually ruled the kingdom.  Finally, it is uncertain at what point between Aldfrið and Woden the pedigree ceases to be historical, since this pedigree is the sole source for all of the individuals named, except perhaps Aldfrið.  With regard to Aldfrið, [[Frank Stenton]] referred to the witness list for a charter which includes an "Ealfrid rex", and dated its writing to some time between the years 787 and 796.<ref>Stenton, F. M. (1970) ''Preparatory to Anglo-Saxon England: The Collected Papers of Frank Merry Stenton''; ed. by D. M. Stenton. Oxford:  Clarendon Press, pp. 129-31. The charter is [http://www.aschart.kcl.ac.uk/content/charters/text/s1183.html Anglo-Saxon Charter S 1183 Archive Selsey] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070720073804/http://www.aschart.kcl.ac.uk/content/charters/text/s1183.html |date=2007-07-20 }} [[British Academy]] ASChart Project. Retrieved 1 March 2010.</ref> Scholars now believe that the name on the witness list should read "[[Ecgfrith of Mercia|Ecgfrið Rex]]", and refers to [[Offa of Mercia|Offa]]'s son. He was anointed King of the Mercians in 787, nine years before his succession in 796, and would have been correctly styled ''rex''. Stenton suggested that the name 'Biscop' came from the title 'bishop' and must post-date Paulinus's mission to Lindsey of 628 CE. But, as [[Sarah Foot]] has pointed out, Biscop does not need to have been derived from an external origin. The other genealogies in the Anglian collection close with historic personages whose dates are known, such as Edwin of Deira (616–33), Ethelred of Mercia (675–704) and Ethelbert II of Kent (725–62), but this wide range offers little help in dating Aldfrið.<ref>{{cite book |last=Leahy |first=Kevin |title=The Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Lindsey: The Archaeology of an Anglo-Saxon Kingdom |publisher=History Press |year=2008 |isbn=978-0752441115}}</ref>