father of the founder of Pickering.

"Morindus, the bastard son of Danius, began to reigne in Britain: he (as
our Chronicles saye) fought with a kynge, who came out of Germanye, and
arrived here, and slew hym with all his power. Moreover (as they write) of
the Irishe seas in his tyme, came foorthe a wonderfull monster: whiche
destroyed muche people. Wherof the king hearyng would of his valiaunt
courage, needes fyght with it: by wh[=o] he was cleane devoured, wh[=e] he
had reigned viii. yeres."

[Sidenote: B.C. 311]

His two youngest sons were Vigenius and Peredurus, and of them Stow writes:
--

"Vigenius and Peredurus, after the takyng of their brother [Elidurus, the
former King] reigned together, vii. yeres. Vigenius th[=a] died, and
Peredurus reygned after alone, ii. yeares. He buylded the towne of
Pyckeryng after the opinion of divers writers."

[Sidenote: B.C. 270]

Raphael Holinshed, who was a contemporary of Stow and used many of his
sources of information, gives the following account of the same
period[1]:--

[Footnote 1: Holinshed, Raphael; "Chronicles of England, Scotland and
Ireland," p. 461.]

"Vigenius and Peredurus, the yoongest sonnes of Morindus, and brethren to