Question: Cearl is the first Mercian king mentioned by which English monk at the monastery of St. Peter and its companion monastery of St. Paul in the Kingdom of Northumbria of the Angles?
Sentence (from "Cearl of Mercia"): Bede was a Northumbrian who was hostile to Mercia, and historian Robin Fleming speculates that as "ceorl" means "rustic" in Old English, his name may have been a joke.
Relevant evidence: No