(Other):
Alcuin 1
(Author, deacon and abbot of Tours, c.735-804) : Alcuin 1 believed that Ecgfrith 7 had died, not because of his own sins, but because vengeance for his father's [sc. Offa 7's] blood had been visited upon him.
(Other):
Offa 7
(King of the Mercians, 757-796) : Vengeance against Offa 7 was the cause of the very noble young man's [sc. Ecgfrith 7's] death.