Historian Barbara Yorke has proposed that he was a descendant of one Eanwine who (according to Symeon of Durham) was killed in 740 on the orders of King Eadberht.
A historiadora Barbara Yorke propuxo que debe ser un descendente de un Eanwine que, (segundo Simeón de Durham) foi asasinado no ano 740, por orde do rei Eadberht.