( 79*5 ) 
The Learned and Judicious Mr.’ Somntr * diflikcs, 
that the Sira Andiridx fhould be fix’d at Newertde», 
and is inclin’d to aflign fbme Place in Sajfex for it : 
But from a modeft Deference to the Opinions of the 
Learned Camden and Selden, he drops the matBcr. 
But let us fee, what our more elder Hiftorians fay 
of it ; Hern*) of Hmtindon^ Words are, Et quia tot 
ihi detmna toleraverant Extranet, ha Urbem dejlruxe- 
runt, quod nurquam puflea readifcata e(t. Locus tantum, 
quaji nohilijfima urlisy tranfeuntibus ofienditur dejolatus, 
Matherv of Wefiminfier fays. Locus autem Civitatis ufque 
hodie tranfeuntibus oflenditur dejolatus. Manfit ergo ibidem 
Ella cum tribus Filiis fuis, Kegionem illam, qu£ u[- 
que hodie Anglice Lathe autemRegio Aujlralium 
Saxonum dkitur, colere ccepit. From the ExprefTions 
above*cited, it may be ftippos’d the Ground where 
that City flood was not quite forgot, in either of thofe 
Hiflorian’s Days. Henrj of Huntindon being the elder 
by zoo Years f had Nervenden been the Place liis 
Words might have been true, in faying it was defb- 
lare : But ’tis very improbable Mathew of Wefimin(ler 
Ihould have faid fo likewife; or at leafl, not taken 
notice of the Ad of Piety and Charity of Sir Thomas 
Alhuger, who, in his Time, had newly ereded a Mo- 
naflery at Mewenden ^ for the Carmelites who came 
from Ralefline : But let that pafs ; what Authority Mr. 
Camden had for faying ^ Hengift fent for Ella out of 
Germany, to help him reduce Anderida^ is not to be 
found. From the Accounts above flated, and others 
-that might be produced, it is clear, that Hengifl was 
dead Three Years before the Siege was laid to Ande^ 
rida. In the Time of Hengifi*s Life, we find, for Eight 
Years 
* Somner’j Roman Forts and Forts in Kent, p, zo6, 2 
Kent ^it, i5p5. Cot, zii. 
