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In 814, King Egbert of Wessex ravaged Cornwall "from the east to the west", and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that in 825 the Cornish fought the men of Devon. In 838 the Cornish in alliance with Vikings were defeated by the West Saxons at the Battle of Hingston Down . [ 30 ]
815 where Egbert of Wessex invades Cornwall and subdues the kingdom. 820 has also been suggested as a possible date for this "invasion" 816 Mercians invade Powys. 822 where Coelwulf of Mercia invades north Wales and captures Deganwy from Gwynedd and occupies the whole of Powys. 825 Battle of Camelford between Wessex and the Cornish British ...
Finally, on the death of Edward the Confessor in 1066, Harold became king, reuniting the earldom of Wessex with the crown. No new earl was appointed before the ensuing Norman Conquest of England, and as the Norman kings soon did away with the great earldoms of the late Anglo-Saxon period, 1066 marks the extinction of Wessex as a political unit.
1777: Death of Dolly Pentreath, commonly known as the last fluent, native speaker of the Cornish language, prior to its revival in 1904; 1778: Humphry Davy born in Penzance; 1779: William Murdoch the Scottish inventor moves to Cornwall. Whilst in Cornwall he carried out important work on steam engines and gas-lights.
Edward managed to reign until his death in 1066, when he was succeeded by the powerful Earl of Wessex, Harold Godwinson. Harold's accession, however, was not unanimously embraced. To the north, the Norwegian king Harald Hardrada invaded England. In the late summer of 1066, the invaders sailed up the Ouse before advancing on York.
The Battle of Hingston Down took place in 838, probably at Hingston Down in Cornwall between a combined force of Cornish and Vikings on the one side, and West Saxons led by Ecgberht, King of Wessex on the other. The result was a West Saxon victory. [1] According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, which called the Cornish the West Welsh:
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12 May – death of Æthelhard, Archbishop of Canterbury. 3 August – enthronement of Wulfred as Archbishop of Canterbury. 806. Eardwulf of Northumbria is deposed and apparently succeeded by Ælfwald II. [2] In 808 Eardwulf perhaps returns to the throne for an uncertain period. 815. Ecgberht of Wessex harries Cornwall. [3] 816