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20_o egbert_n â§_o the_o succession_n of_o bishop_n in_o the_o principality_n of_o the_o westsaxon_n bishop_n of_o dorchester_n 635_o birinus_fw-la sit_v fifteen_o year_n 650_o agilbertus_fw-la ten_o year_n 660_o wina_n sit_v at_o winton_n ten_o year_n 670_o leutherius_n seven_o year_n 686_o hedda_n twenty_o eight_o year_n 705_o daniel_n who_o be_v also_o bishop_n of_o selesey_n sit_v forty_o year_n 745_o humfertus_fw-la ten_o year_n 755_o kinewardus_n twenty_o five_o year_n 780_o aethelâ—ardus_n eleven_o year_n 791_o egbaldus_n four_o year_n 795_o dudda_n two_o year_n 797_o kinebertus_n eleven_o year_n bishop_n of_o shireburn_n 705_o aldelmus_fw-la sit_v five_o year_n 710_o fortherus_fw-la twenty_o seven_o year_n 736_o herewaldus_n nineteen_o year_n 756_o aethelmodus_fw-la twenty_o two_o year_n 788_o denefrithus_fw-la twenty_o one_o year_n 798_o wibertus_n twenty_o year_n chap._n i._n westsaxon_n the_o principality_n of_o the_o westsaxon_n establish_v by_o cerdic_n berinus_fw-la preach_v the_o christian_a faith_n to_o the_o westsaxon_n the_o town_n of_o dorchester_n assign_v to_o he_o for_o a_o bishop_n sea_n kinegles_n the_o first_o christian_a prince_n winchester_n be_v make_v a_o bishop_n sea_n by_o kennewalch_n the_o west-saxon_a prince_n ceadwall_n resign_v the_o government_n to_o ina_n go_v to_o rome_n where_o he_o die_v the_o westsaxon_n take_v the_o addition_n of_o their_o name_n from_o the_o situation_n of_o place_n as_o inhabit_v the_o western_a part_n of_o the_o i_o will_v wherein_o at_o this_o day_n be_v contain_v the_o county_n of_o cornwall_n devon_n dorset_n wilton_n southampton_n and_o berk._n about_o the_o year_n of_o grace_n 509._o cerdic_n with_o kenric_a his_o son_n and_o a_o warlike_a company_n of_o saxon_n arrive_v in_o britanny_n where_o they_o be_v encounter_v by_o natanleod_n a_o british_a prince_n near_o a_o shallow_a brook_n afterward_o call_v cerdics-foord_n and_o now_o by_o contraction_n of_o speech_n chardfoord_v the_o fortune_n of_o that_o bataile_n determine_v the_o hope_n of_o the_o britan_n and_o establish_v the_o saxon_n in_o possession_n of_o the_o great_a part_n oâ—_n those_o country_n over_o which_o cerdic_n and_o kenric_n rule_v with_o equal_a authority_n enlarge_n their_o dominion_n by_o the_o conquest_n of_o the_o i_o will_v of_o wight_n the_o government_n whereof_o be_v assign_v by_o cerdic_n to_o stuffa_o and_o withgar_o his_o nephew_n after_o the_o father_n and_o son_n have_v rule_v joint_o about_o seventeen_o year_n cerdic_n end_v his_o life_n by_o course_n of_o nature_n leave_v the_o entire_a principality_n to_o kenric_n his_o son_n kenric_n be_v oft_o time_n assail_v by_o the_o britan_n who_o attempt_v the_o recovery_n of_o their_o ancient_a possession_n but_o can_v not_o prevail_v and_o the_o province_n be_v otherwise_o free_a from_o annoyance_n be_v peaceable_o govern_v during_o his_o time_n then_o ceaulin_n his_o son_n succeed_v he_o make_v war_n upon_o ethelbert_n the_o kentish_a prince_n in_o the_o prosecution_n whereof_o oslave_n and_o cnebban_n two_o valiant_a captain_n of_o the_o kentish_a saxon_n be_v slay_v and_o cutholp_v his_o brother_n make_v head_n against_o the_o britan_n from_o who_o he_o recover_v divers_a fort_n and_o city_n which_o they_o have_v get_v in_o the_o territory_n of_o the_o mercian_n but_o while_o ceaulin_n be_v make_v war_n abroad_o cearlic_n his_o brother_n gâ—tholps_v son_n kindle_v a_o rebellion_n within_o the_o province_n and_o by_o force_n usurp_v the_o government_n about_o five_o year_n after_o the_o death_n of_o cealric_n ceolnulph_n the_o son_n of_o cutha_n the_o son_n of_o ceaulin_n recover_v the_o principality_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o reign_n the_o province_n of_o the_o westsaxon_n be_v invade_v both_o by_o the_o britan_n &_o also_o by_o the_o scottishman_n and_o pict_n the_o east-angle_n likewise_o at_o the_o same_o time_n assail_v it_o but_o ceolnulph_n have_v appease_v these_o trouble_n and_o begin_v a_o new_a war_n against_o the_o south-saxons_a die_v before_o he_o can_v full_o finish_v it_o leave_v the_o prosecution_n thereof_o to_o kinegles_n his_o son_n who_o with_o good_a success_n undertake_v the_o war_n and_o have_v overthrow_v the_o britan_n convert_v his_o force_n against_o penda_n the_o mercian_n prince_n with_o who_o after_o each_o have_v try_v the_o other_o strength_n in_o battle_n he_o conclude_v a_o peace_n in_o the_o year_n of_o grace_n 635._o he_o embrace_v the_o christian_a faith_n and_o be_v baptize_v by_o berinus_fw-la who_o first_o preach_v the_o gospel_n to_o the_o westsaxon_n oswald_z prince_n of_o the_o northumber_n be_v his_o godfather_n at_o his_o baptism_n the_o city_n of_o dorchester_n be_v by_o kinegles_n and_o oswald_n assign_v to_o berinus_fw-la for_o the_o bishop_n sea_n of_o that_o province_n then_o guichelin_n the_o son_n of_o kinegles_n and_o cuthr_v the_o son_n of_o guichelin_n rule_v successive_o and_o be_v both_o baptize_v by_o berinus_fw-la the_o bishop_n after_o they_o kennewalch_n the_o young_a son_n of_o kinegles_n obtain_v the_o government_n he_o marry_v the_o
sister_n of_o penda_n the_o mercian_n prince_n and_o afterward_o put_v she_o away_o whereupon_o penda_n to_o revenge_v the_o indignity_n offer_v to_o his_o sister_n make_v war_n upon_o he_o and_o drive_v he_o out_o of_o the_o province_n which_o he_o afterward_o recover_v by_o the_o assistance_n of_o ana_n prince_n of_o the_o east-angle_n for_o kennewalch_n during_o the_o trouble_n in_o his_o own_o dominion_n have_v flee_v thither_o and_o be_v there_o baptize_v by_o faelix_fw-la the_o bishop_n he_o found_v the_o cathedral_n church_n at_o winchester_n to_o be_v the_o bishop_n sea_n for_o the_o province_n of_o the_o westsaxon_n and_o appoint_v wiâ—a_n to_o be_v the_o first_o bishop_n of_o that_o place_n he_o give_v also_o to_o the_o abbot_n aldelmus_fw-la the_o town_n of_o malâ—esbury_n where_o by_o the_o help_n of_o elutherius_n that_o succeed_v wiâ—â—_n in_o the_o bishopric_n of_o the_o westsaxon_n he_o erect_v a_o fair_a monastery_n of_o which_o william_n of_o malmesbury_n who_o 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