. London . ndWhitgen fought against the Britons and put them to flight. 519. This year Cerdic and Cynric obtained the kingdomof the West Saxons ; and the same year they fought against theBritons where it is now named Cerdisford (Charford on the Avonnear Fordingbridge). 527. This year Cerdic and Cynric fought against the Britonsat the place called Ardicslea. 530. This year Cerdic and Cynric conquered the Island ofWight, and slew many men at Whit-garan-byrg (Carisbrooke, Isle ofWight). AFTER THE ROMANS 9 547. This year Ida began to reign, from whom came theroyal race of North
. London . ndWhitgen fought against the Britons and put them to flight. 519. This year Cerdic and Cynric obtained the kingdomof the West Saxons ; and the same year they fought against theBritons where it is now named Cerdisford (Charford on the Avonnear Fordingbridge). 527. This year Cerdic and Cynric fought against the Britonsat the place called Ardicslea. 530. This year Cerdic and Cynric conquered the Island ofWight, and slew many men at Whit-garan-byrg (Carisbrooke, Isle ofWight). AFTER THE ROMANS 9 547. This year Ida began to reign, from whom came theroyal race of Northumberland. The conquest of England was now virtually was fighting at Old Sarum in 552 ; at Banbury in 556 ;at Bedford, at Aylesbury-, and at Benson, in the year would judge this to be a last sortie made by the Welshwho had been driven into the fens. In the year 577 threeimportant places in the west are taken—Gloucester, Bath,and Cirencester. In 584 there was fighting at Fethan-lea. BRONZE FIBUL/E AND OTHER ORNAMENTS : FOUND IN LONDON (Frethern), when the victor took manyr towns and spoils in-numerable ; and wrathful he thence returned to his late as 596 we hear that the king of the West Saxonsfought, and contended incessantly against either the Angles(his own cousins) or the Welsh, or the Picts, or the Scots ;and in 607 was fought the great battle of Chester, in which4 numberless Welsh were slain, including two hundred priestswho had come to pray for victory. It is therefore evident that the conquest of the countrytook a long time to effect ; not less, indeed, than two hundredyears. First, Kent, with Surrey, fell ; next, Sussex ; both io LONDi ? \ before the end of the fifth century. Early in the sixth centurythe West Saxons conquered the country covered by Hamp-shire. .1 part of Surrey, and Dorsetshire ; next, Essex fell, andthere was stubborn lighting for man) years in the country aboutand beyond the great Middlesex forest. The conquest of th
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