Event: ConquestĘthelbald 4.capture of Somerton

Scholarly Info
Description Ęthelbald 4 took into his power the royal settlement which is called Somerton.
Year 733
Primary Source Info
Original Text ... Ęthelbald ... in potestatem cepit uillam regiam quae Sumurtun nuncupatur.
Date from Source <733>: in the same year as the rays of the sun were obscured, two years after Ceolwulf 3 succeeded to the kingdom [of the Northumbrians]

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