Event: Killing/murder, Residence
Sigeberht 4
.killing by
Anonymous 301
Asserted in:
Ęthelweard.Chron
ii.17
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Scholarly Info
Description
Sigeberht 4
lived [in the Weald] until he was killed by a swineherd (
Anonymous 301
).
Primary Source Info
Persons associated with this Event:
Recipient
:
Sigeberht 4
(
King of the West Saxons, 756-757
) :
Sigeberht 4
remained [in the Weald], wandering from thicket to thicket until he was killed by a swineherd (
Anonymous 301
) at the place called Pryvett's Stream.
Agent
:
Anonymous 301
(
Swineherd who stabbed
Sigeberht 4
) : The swineherd (
Anonymous 301
) killed
Sigeberht 4
, and he was avenging the blood of the dux
Cumbra 1
.
(Other)
:
Cumbra 1
(
Ealdorman who stayed longest with
Sigeberht 4
, fl. 755
)
Locations associated with this Event:
Privett, stream: (
Stream
), now
Privett, Hampshire
Andred: (
), now
The Weald, Kent, Surrey, Sussex