Tribal Hidage Origins
 Historians are mixed when it comes to where the document came from originally. It may have been written by Paulinus for King Edwin of Northumbria. It may have been created for the use of Offa of Mercia. Cyril Hart, 'The Tribal Hidage', 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society', Fifth Series, Vol. Historians are not certain what the exact reason was for creating the list. Most seem to agree it was probably a tribute list.