HLOTHHERE

hlothhere, king of kent, succeeded his brother ecgberht in 673, and appears for a time to have reigned jointly with his nephew eadric, son of ecgberht, as a code of laws still extant was issued under both names. neither is mentioned in the account of the invasion of aethelred in 676. in 685 eadric, who seems to have quarrelled with hlothhere, went into exile and led the south saxons against him. hlothhere was defeated and died of his wounds. see bede, _hist. eccl._ (plummer), iv. 5, 17, 26, v. 24; _saxon chronicle_ (earle and plummer), s.a. 685; schmid, _gesetze_, pp. 10 sqq.; thorpe, _ancient laws_, i. 26 sqq.