Event: BattleÆthelmund 2-Wiohstan 2.battle at Kempsford

Scholarly Info
Description Wiohstan 2 with troops from Wiltshire (Anonymi 2447) met Æthelmund 2 at Kempsford. Battle was joined and the people of Wiltshire gained the victory.
Event Title Battle of Kempsford (802)/
Year 802
Primary Source Info
Original Text ... ei occurrit Vuexstan ... cum centurias populi prouinciae Vuilsætum; ... inita pugna, Vuilætae tamen uictores existunt.
Date from Source <800>: on the same day as Ecgberht 10 was consecrated to the kingdom of the West Angles [= West Saxons]; the years completed since the origin of the world were six thousand less five and since the Lord's incarnation 800 and from the arrival of Hengest 1 and Horsa 1 350 and from the reign of Cerdic 1 when he conquered the western part of Britain 300 and from the arrival of Augustine 1 204

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*As @Campbell 1962, p. 62 s.v. 'Huuiccum' notes, the latter is the locational name of a tribe used for their territory.

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