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See also:CEAWLIN (d. 593) , See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of the See also:West See also:Saxons, first mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon See also:Chronicle under the date 556 as fighting with his See also:father Cynric against the Britons at the See also:battle of Beranbyrig or Barbury See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill. Becoming king in 56o, he began a career of See also:conquest. See also:Silchester was taken, and moving eastwards Ceawlin and his See also:brother Cutha defeated the forces of 2Ethelberht, king of See also:Kent, at the battle of Wibbandun in 568. In 577 he led the West Saxons from See also:Winchester towards the See also:Severn valley; gained an important victory over some See also:British See also:kings at Deorham, and added the See also:district See also:round ,See also:Gloucester, See also:Bath and See also:Cirencester to his See also:kingdom. A further advance was begun in 583. See also:Uriconium, a See also:town near the Wrekin, and Pengwyrn, the See also:modern See also:Shrewsbury, were destroyed; but soon Ceawlin was defeated by the Britonsat Fethanleag or Faddiley, near See also:Nantwich, and his progress wag effectually checked. See also:Intestine strife among the West Saxons followed. In 591 Ceawlin lost the western See also:part of his kingdom, and in 592 was defeated by his See also:nephew, Ceolric, at Wanborough, and driven from Wessex. He was killed in 593, possibly in an See also:attempt to regain his kingdom. Ceawlin is included in the Chronicle among the Bretwaldas.
See Two of the Saxon See also:Chronicles, ed. by C. Plummer (See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, 1892); See also:Dictionary of See also:National See also:Biography, vol. ix (See also:London, 1887) ; E. See also:Guest, Origins Celticae, vol. ii. (London, 1883).
End of Article: CEAWLIN (d. 593)
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