By the tenth century, the number of kings who met with him was alleged to have been eight, as evidenced by the tenth-century Life of St Swithun. By the twelfth century, the eight kings began to be named and were alleged to have rowed Edgar down the River Dee, as evidenced by sources such as the twelfth-century texts Chronicon ex chronicis, Gesta regum Anglorum, and De primo Saxonum adventu, as well as the thirteenth-century Chronica majora, and both the Wendover and Paris versions of Flores historiarum.
By the tenth century, it was claimed that eight kings had met with him, as documented in the Life of St Swithun. By the twelfth century, these eight kings were identified and allegedly rowed Edgar down the River Dee, as evidenced by sources such as the twelfth-century texts Chronicon ex chronicis, Gesta regum Anglorum, De primo Saxonum adventu, and the thirteenth-century Chronica majora, along with the Wendover and Paris versions of Flores historiarum.