Paulinus, taking AEthelburh, the widow of Eadwine, went by sea to Kent, where Honorius, whom he had himself consecrated, received him cordially, and gave him the vacant see of Rochester.

There he remained till his death, and so for a time ended the Christian mission to York.

Penda made the best of his victory by annexing the Southumbrians, the Middle English, and the Lindiswaras, as well as by conquering the Severn Valley from the West Saxons.

Henceforth, Mercia stands forth as one of the three leading Teutonic states in Britain..