The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle offers the following account of Ceolwulf: This year went the army from the Kingdom of Lindsey to Repton, and there took up their winter-quarters, drove the king , Burgred, over sea, when he had reigned about two and twenty winters, and subdued all that land.
A Crónica anglosaxoa ofrece o relato seguinte de Ceolwulf: Este ano foi o exército do Reino de Lindsey a Repton, e alí asentou os seus cuarteis de inverno, expulsando ao rei , Burgred, máis aló do mar, cando reinara aproximadamente vinte e dous invernos, e someteron toda aquela terra.