The historian James Fraser argues that Wilfrid may not have been allowed to return to Northumbria and instead went into exile at the Mercian court, but most historians have argued that Wilfrid was at Ripon.
Historikern James Fraser hävdar att Wilfrid skulle ha nekats återvända till Northumbria och istället gått i exil vid hovet i Mercia, men flerparten historiker anser att Wilfrid var i Ripon.