(Other):
Albinus 2
(Abbot of Canterbury, d. 733 or 734 ) : principal authority and helper
(Other):
Nothhelm 2
(Archbishop of Canterbury, 735-739) : He acted as an intermediary.Through him Albinus 2 sent the information that Bede 1 needed. He also brought back from Rome some letters of Gregory 1 and other popes to be included in the History.
(Other):
Daniel 1
(Bishop of the West Saxons, c.705?res.744; d.745) : Daniel 1 communicated to Bede 1 in writing something of the history of the church of his kingdom, as well as of the neighbouring kingdom of Sussex and the Isle of Wight.
(Other):
Anonymi 627
(Brethren of Lastingham monastery who told Bede 1 about the life and death of Cedd 1 and Chad 1) : The brothers of Lastingham told Bede 1 about Cedd 1 and Chad 1's deeds in the kingdoms of Mercia and Essex, and about their life and death.
(Other):
Esi 1
(Abbot [in ?East Anglia], fl. c.731) : Esi 1 told Bede 1 about the ecclesiastical events it the kingdom of the East Angles
(Other):
Anonymi 594
(Disciples of Gregory 1 who were sent to Kent in 596.
They presumably included Anonymi 649 and Augustine 1.) : Albinus 2 and Nothhelm 2 reported about these disciples of Gregory 1's. They were active in the province of the Kentish people and in the neighbouring regions.
(Other):
Cyneberht 2
(Bishop of Lindsey, ?716-731) : He wrote to Bede 1 about the growth of the faith and the succession of bishops in the kingdom of Lindsey.
(Other):
Anonymi 599
(The innumerable witnesses who provided Bede 1 with a faithful testimony of the events in Northumbria to be included in his History) : They told Bede 1 what happened in the church in the various parts of the kingdom of the Northumbrians.