The charters S 35 ( dated 778 ) , S 36 ( dated 779 ) and S 37 ( 765 x 785 ) are in the name Name_conferral of Egbert , while S 38 ( dated 784 ) is in the name Name_conferral of King Ealhmund .

The historian Frank Stenton argued Quarreling that Egbert of Kent defeated Offa and that Kentish independence was restored Recovering for some years .