Profile & Front of the Statue on Published for the Proprietors by W.Clarke. New Bond SJ. Carpenter Old Bond S. Aug 2.1808. STATUE OF ETHELBALD ON CROYLAND BRIDGE, LINCOLNSHIRE. ETHELBALD, who has been noticed in the preceding article as the founder of Croyland abbey, was more illustrious than any of the princes who bad preceded him on the throne of Mercia. While presumptive heir to the crown, being persecuted by the reigning prince, he came weary and almost exhausted to Guthlac, his confessor, who resided at Croyland; from him he received ghostly comfort, and assurances of finally succeeding to his wishes: in return Ethelbald promised, upon his advancement, to erect a monastery on the spot. The holy man died soon after; but still mindful of the concerns of his friend, he appeared to him at Croyland after his death, and admonished him of their mutual engagements. Ethelbald, who was also chosen king of Wessex in the room of Ina, who had turned monk, exercised the regal authority beyond the limits of the former kings, and became by this means very formidable to the neighbouring kingdoms; for which reason they agreed to attack him on either side of his dominions: thus being obliged to divide his forces, was vanquished. No other particulars of this war are recorded by historians; but it appears, that about four years after the above-mentioned defeat, he was killed in |