These records are in direct conflict with Bede, who states that the Isle of Wight was settled by Jutes, not Saxons ; the archaeological record is somewhat in favour of Bede on this.

In his Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, Bede records that the first chieftains among the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes in England were said to be Hengist and Horsa.

Bede records Justus as having died on 10 November, but does not give a year, although it is likely to have between 627 and 631.

Although Bede records that Æthelberht gave lands to support the new episcopate, a charter that claims to be a grant of lands from Æthelberht to Mellitus is a later forgery.

While at York, Wilfrid was considered the " bishop of the Northumbrian peoples "; Bede records that Wilfrid's diocese was contiguous with the area ruled by Oswiu.

Bede records that Peada's death, forty years earlier, stemmed from " the treachery, it is said, of his own wife "; Peada's wife was Ealhflæd, Osthryth's sister.

Bede records that two years before Penda's death, his son Peada converted to Christianity, influenced partly by Oswiu's son Ealhfrith, who had married Peada's sister Cyneburh.

Bede records that Ine held Sussex in subjection for " several years ", but in 722 an exile named Ealdberht fled to Surrey and Sussex, and Ine invaded Sussex as a result.

Bede records that Eadbald's repudiation of Christianity was a " severe setback " to the growth of the church.

An alternative theory is that Aust is the place where in 603, as the Venerable Bede records, Archbishop St. Augustine of Canterbury ( d. 604 ) ( not to be confused with St. Augustine of Hippo, d. 430 ) held a conference with the British bishops.

Because Bede records the death of Deusdedit shortly after he mentions the outbreak of the plague, the historian J. R. Maddicott asserts that both Deusdedit and Eorcenberht were struck suddenly with the disease and died quickly.

The miracles served the purpose of setting an example to the reader, and Bede explicitly states that his goal is to teach morality through history, saying " If history records good things of good men, the thoughtful reader is encouraged to imitate what is good ; if it records evil of wicked men, the devout reader is encouraged to avoid all that is sinful and perverse.

Bede records that the attempted assassination of King Edwin of Deira, c. 626, was ordered by the West Saxon King Cwichelm, and does not mention Cynegils.

Bede records that Hrēþmōnaþ is analogous to March, and details that " Hrethmonath is named for their goddess Hretha, to whom they sacrificed at this time " ( Rhed-monath a Dea illorum Rheda, cui in illo sacrificabant, nominatur …).

The Venerable Bede records the baptism by Paulinus of numerous converts in the " flood of the Trent " near Tiovulginacester in the presence of Edwin of Northumbria whom he had converted to the faith in 627.

Bede records that the king had converted " not long previously ", but Wulfhere had died in 675.

The Christian monk Bede records that November ( Old English Blótmónaþ " the month of sacrifice ") was particularly associated with sacrificial practices:

Æthelberht ( King of Kent and overlord of southern England according to Bede ) was in a position to exercise some authority in Essex shortly after 604, when his intervention helped in the conversion of King Saebert of Essex ( son of Sledd ), his nephew, to Christianity.

Bede says that Horsa was killed in battle against the Britons and was thereafter buried in east Kent.

Bede adds that a monument bearing Horsa's name stood in east Kent at the time of his writing.

According to Bede, they finally settled in Kent ( where they became known as the Cantuarii ), Hampshire ( in Wessex ), and the Isle of Wight ( where they became known as the Uictuarii ).

The medieval chronicler Bede says that Augustine sent Laurence back to Pope Gregory I to report on the success of converting King Æthelberht of Kent and to carry a letter with questions for the pope.

" According to Bede, Pope Boniface also sent letters to King Edwin of Northumbria in 625 urging him to embrace the Christian faith, and to the Christian Princess Æthelburg of Kent, Edwin's spouse, exhorting her to use her best endeavours for the conversion of her consort ( Bede, H. E., II, vii, viii, x, xi ).

The nobleman Benedict Biscop had visited Rome and headed the monastery at Canterbury in Kent and his twin-foundation Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey added a direct Roman influence to Northumbrian culture, and produced figures such as Ceolfrith and Bede.

He must have come into conflict with Mercia, since in 676 the Mercian king Æthelred invaded Kent and caused great destruction ; according to Bede, even churches and monasteries were not spared, and Rochester was laid waste.

According to Bede, some bishops and other representatives of the nearest province of the Britons met Augustine at a location at the border of the Kingdom of Kent, which was thereafter known as Augustine's Oak.

Both Wessex and Kent were ruled by strong kings at that time, but within fifteen years the contemporary chronicler Bede describes Æthelbald as ruling all England south of the river Humber.

For Wessex and Kent, Bede had informants who supplied him with details of the church's history in each province, but he appears to have had no such contact in Mercia, about which he is less well-informed.

For other kingdoms than his native Northumbria, such as Wessex and Kent, Bede had an informant within the ecclesiastical establishment who supplied him with additional information.

Bede mentions that Wilfrid brought a singing master from Kent, Ædde Stephanus, to Ripon in 669 to teach chant, and he has traditionally been thought to be the same person as the “ Stephen ” mentioned.

Given that Kent was under Frankish influence, while Bede sees the mission as being " Roman " in origin, the Franks were equally interested in converting their fellow Germans, and in extending their power and influence.

The ancestry of Æthelberht, Eadbald's father, is given by Bede, who states that he was descended from the legendary founder of Kent, Hengist.

This is quite inconsistent with the earlier date Bede gives for Eadbald ’ s acceptance of Christianity, and it has been suggested in Bede's defence that Æthelburg married Edwin substantially earlier and stayed in Kent until 625 before travelling to Rome, and that the letter was written while she was in Kent.

Bede, writing in the 8th century, stated that Jutes settled in Kent, and in 457, led by brothers Hengist and Horsa, turned against the Britons who had invited them and defeated them at the Battle of Crecganford ( Crecganford is thought to be modern Crayford ) and the Britons fled to London in terror.

According to Bede, Sæberht's mother was Ricula, a sister of King Æthelberht of Kent.

Bede had informants who supplied him with details of the church's history in Wessex and Kent, but he appears to have had no such contact in Mercia.

The early Medieval inhabitants of the county were known as the Cantwara or Kent people, whose capital ( the only town called a metropolis by Bede ) was at Canterbury.

He also researched the history of Kent and the surrounding area for Bede, supplying the information through the abbot of St Augustine's Abbey in Canterbury.

Eventually, Wihtred secured the throne, around 691 or early 692, as Bede names Wihtred as King of Kent, along with Swaefheard, at the time of Berhtwald's election.

Several English scholars and churchmen are described by Bede as being fluent in Greek due to being taught by him.

Ælfric of Eynsham paraphrased Bede into Old English, saying " Now the Earth's roundness and the Sun's orbit constitute the obstacle to the day's being equally long in every land.

The queen herself was an avid reader of all of George Eliot's novels, being so impressed with Adam Bede that she commissioned the artist Edward Henry Corbould to paint scenes from the book.

The Jutes, Iuti, or Iutæ ( pronounced ) were a Germanic people who, according to Bede, were one of the three most powerful Germanic peoples of their time, the other two being the Saxons and the Angles.

The medieval chronicler Bede described Mellitus as being of noble birth.

Bede says that Oswald held imperium for the eight years of his rule ( both Bede and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle say that Oswald's reign was actually considered to be nine years, the ninth year being accounted for by assigning to Oswald the year preceding his rule, " on account of the heathenism practised by those who had ruled that one year between him and Edwin "), and was the most powerful king in Britain.

Bede puts a clear emphasis on Oswald being saintly as a king ; although he could be interpreted as a martyr for his subsequent death in battle, Bede portrays Oswald as being saintly for his deeds in life and does not focus on his martyrdom as being primary to his sainthood — indeed, it has been noted that Bede never uses the word " martyr " in reference to Oswald.

Bede says that the spot where he died came to be associated with miracles, and people took dirt from the site, which led to a hole being dug as deep as a man's height.

Some of what is known about Penda comes through the hostile account of Bede, who disliked him both for being an enemy king to Bede's own Northumbria and for being a pagan.

However, Bede speaks of " the monastery of Bangor, in which, it is said, there was so great a number of monks, that the monastery being divided into seven parts, with a superior set over each, none of those parts contained less than three hundred men, who all lived by the labour of their hands.

Bede summarises Oswiu's reign in this way: Oswald being translated to the heavenly kingdom, his brother Oswy, a young man of about thirty years of age, succeeded him on the throne of his earthly kingdom, and held it twenty-eight years with much trouble, being harassed by the pagan king, Penda, and by the pagan nation of the Mercians, that had slain his brother, as also by his son Alfred Ealhfrith of Deira | Ealhfrith, and by his cousin-german Ethelwald Œthelwald of Deira, the son of his brother who reigned before him.

Bede also supplies a date ( which was traditionally accepted, but has been considered suspect since the late 20th century ) of AD 446, " Marcian being made emperor with Valentinian, and the forty-sixth from Augustus, ruled the empire seven years.