ABSTRACT
The Mercians paid a heavy weregeld for Aelfwin's death, but Ecgfrith, on the other hand, surrendered the province of Lindsey, so that the balance of profit was on the side of Aethelred. The treaty seems to have included Ecgfrith's allies of Kent and Wessex, "and peace continued long after between the kings and their kingdoms". The projected annual synods at Cloveshoch were not held, probably because of the outbreak of war between Northumbria and Mercia in 675, which set all England in confusion for some years. But before it began, Theodore had taken the first step in dividing up the great tribal bishoprics. In 674 when Bisi of East Anglia resigned on account of infirmity, two sees were created, one at Dunwich for Suffolk, the other at Elmham for Norfolk. But great and powerful though Mercia was in the year 671, Northumbria was still strong enough to renew the struggle for supremacy.
