This is based on Bede's statement (H.E., Book III, chapter 9) that Oswald was thirty-eight years old at the time of his death, which was in 642; therefore he must have been born around 604.
Bede, H.E., Book II, Chapter 2. The ASC (E) gives the number of dead monks as only 200, but agrees that fifty escaped.
Bede, H.E., Book IV, chapter 23; see also Ziegler, "Politics of Exile", and Kirby, page 61, for the suggestion of Æthelfrith's guilt.
See the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, manuscript E, under the year 603, for Hering's participation; Bede does not mention Hering. See Ziegler, "Politics of Exile", for the dynastic implications of Hering's participation; Ziegler also suggests that Bede would not have mentioned Hering's participation even if he knew of it, since this aspect of the conflict could tarnish his portrayal of Æthelfrith and the Bernician line he represented. (note 5Archived 16 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine)
See the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, manuscript E, under the year 603, for Hering's participation; Bede does not mention Hering. See Ziegler, "Politics of Exile", for the dynastic implications of Hering's participation; Ziegler also suggests that Bede would not have mentioned Hering's participation even if he knew of it, since this aspect of the conflict could tarnish his portrayal of Æthelfrith and the Bernician line he represented. (note 5Archived 16 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine)
