Thank you very much for your help.

I need to know if the use of reporting verbs in these sentences is correct.

1)Legend has it that Arthur was born in Tintagel, in Cornwall.
2)He was the son of Uther Pendagron,who became King of Britain in the year 493.
3) His councellor Merlin, who was also a magician, told him that it was safer to raise Arthur away from court.
The sentence to trasform is " Your son must grow up away from the court. It is safer".
4) Merlin gave him to Sir Ector and his wife, who took care of him and loved him like a son.
5) After (also on?) King Uther's death, Britain had no king.
6) Merlin went to the Archbishop of Canterbury and told (??) him that they needed a king. Merlin asked him to tell all the noblemen ... to meet at the great church. The original sentence is:"We must have a king. Tell all the noblemen of the kingdom to meet at the great church in London on Christmas Day.

When you type, there needs to be a space after every period, comma, colon, closing parenthesis, etc. When you run everything together like this, it's VERY difficult to read.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/councellor+
Choose the correct word you want for #3.

Also in #3 - the period at the end belongs BEFORE the quotation marks since that's a complete sentence.

Not "also on"

"told" = OK

To check if the use of reporting verbs in these sentences is correct, we will analyze each sentence individually.

1) "Legend has it that Arthur was born in Tintagel, in Cornwall."
The reporting verb here is "has it." This is a correct usage as it indicates that the information comes from a legend or a popular belief.

2) "He was the son of Uther Pendragon, who became King of Britain in the year 493."
In this sentence, there is no direct reporting verb. However, the relative pronoun "who" is used to introduce additional information about Uther Pendragon. This usage is correct as it serves to provide more details about the subject.

3) "His counsellor Merlin, who was also a magician, told him that it was safer to raise Arthur away from court."
In this sentence, the reporting verb is "told." It is correctly used to indicate that Merlin conveyed information to someone. The reported speech itself is transformed from "Your son must grow up away from the court. It is safer."

4) "Merlin gave him to Sir Ector and his wife, who took care of him and loved him like a son."
Here, the reporting verb is "gave." It is used correctly to show that Merlin transferred something to someone. The use of the relative pronoun "who" is also appropriate to provide more details about Sir Ector and his wife.

5) "After (also on?) King Uther's death, Britain had no king."
In this sentence, there is no specific reporting verb. However, the word "after" is used to indicate the sequence of events. This usage is correct as it communicates that the absence of a king followed King Uther's death.

6) "Merlin went to the Archbishop of Canterbury and told (??) him that they needed a king. Merlin asked him to tell all the noblemen...to meet at the great church."
In this sentence, the reporting verb is "told." It is correctly used to indicate that Merlin conveyed information to the Archbishop of Canterbury. The reported speech itself is transformed from "We must have a king. Tell all the noblemen of the kingdom to meet at the great church in London on Christmas Day."

Overall, the use of reporting verbs in these sentences is correct, except for the uncertainty in sentence 6 regarding the specific reporting verb before "him." Please verify the intended word for better accuracy.