Was Bede English?

[mcbishop]

No he was a Jordy

Sadly, the evidence (cited elsewhere, entering the monastery at Monkwearmouth aged seven) might suggest he was a Mackem, rather than a Tackem. Always assuming that he wasn't like one of the 'Anglo-Saxon' burials at Bamburgh, which oxygen isotope analysis suggested was an immigrant from the west coast of Scotland. After all, the Synod of Whitby (which saw the end of Ionan 'Celtic' Christianity) only predated Bede by some eight years. Anybody care to take up the Scottishness of Beda? Thought not... ;-)

Mike Bishop