Battle of Cirencester - Wikipedia
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| Battle of Cirencester | ||||||
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| Mercia | Gewisse | |||||
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| Penda | Cynegils and Cwichelm |
The Battle of Cirencester was fought in 628 at Cirencester in modern-day England. The conflict involved the armies of Mercia, under King Penda, and the Gewisse (predecessors of the West Saxons), under Kings Cynegils and Cwichelm.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (A) states:
628. Here Cynegils and Cwichelm fought against Penda at Cirencester, and then came to an agreement.[1]
This suggests that the Gewisse were defeated.
Cirencester had nominally been under the influence of the Gewisse since Battle of Dyrham in 577, although archaeological evidence suggests Anglo-Saxon settlement near the Roman town from the mid sixth century.[2] Henceforward the region would be controlled by the minor kingdom of the Hwicce.[3]
- ^ Swanton, Michael (2000). The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles. London: Phoenix. p. 24.
- ^ Heighway, Catherine (1996). "Context of the Kemble burials". Transactions Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. 114: 14–54.
- ^ Yorke, Barbara (1990). Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England. London: Routledge. p. 136.