HWICCE  , one of the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain . Its exact dimensions are unknown; they probably coincided with those of the old See also:

• DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese of See also:

• WORCESTER
• WORCESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF
• WORCESTER, JOHN TIPTOFT, EARL OF (1427—1470)
• WORCESTER, WILLIAM (c. 1415-c. 1482)

Worcester, the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early bishops of which See also:

• BORE

bore the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title " Episcopus Hwicciorum." It would there-fore include See also:

• WORCESTERSHIRE

Worcestershire, See also:

• GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Gloucestershire except the See also:

• FOREST

Forest of See also:

• DEAN (Lat. decanus, derived from the Gr. 8eaa, ten)
• DEAN, FOREST OF

Dean, the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• HALF

half of See also:

• WARWICKSHIRE

Warwickshire, and the See also:

• NEIGHBOUR (O. Eng. neahgebiir, from Walt, " nigh," " near ")

neighbour-See also:

• HOOD,
• HOOD, JOHN BELL (1831–1879)
• HOOD, SAMUEL HOOD, VISCOUNT (1724–1816)
• HOOD, SIR SAMUEL (1762-1814)
• HOOD, THOMAS (1799-1845)
• HOOD, TOM (1835–1874)

hood of See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

Bath . The name Hwicce survives in Wychwood in See also:

• OXFORDSHIRE (or OxoN)

Oxfordshire and Whichford in Warwickshire . These districts, or at all events the southern portion of them, were according to the Anglo-Saxon See also:

• CHRONICLE (from Gr. Xpovos, time)

Chronicle, s.a . 577, originally conquered by the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• SAXONS

Saxons under See also:

• CEAWLIN (d. 593)

Ceawlin . In later times, however, the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of the Hwicce appears to have been always subject to Mercian supremacy, and possibly it was separated from Wessex in the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of See also:

• EDWIN, AEDUINI
• EDWIN, JOHN (1749–1790)

Edwin . The first See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings of whom we read were two See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers, Eanhere and Eanfrith, probably contemporaries of See also:

• WULFHERE (d. 675)

Wulfhere . They were followed by a 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 named Osric, a contemporary of /See also:

• ETHELRED

Ethelred, and he by a king Oshere . Oshere had three sons who reigned after him, lEthelheard, AEtbelweard and 1Ethelric . The two last named appear to have been reigning in the See also:

• YEAR

year 706 . At the beginning of See also:

• OFFA
• OFFA (d. 796)

Offa's reign we again find the kingdom ruled by three brothers, named Eanberht, Uhtred and See also:

• ALDRED, or EALDRED (d. 1069)

Aldred, the two latter of whom lived until about 780 . After them the title of king seems to have been given up .

Their successor lEthelmund, who was killed in a See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign against Wessex in 802, is described only as an See also:

• EARL

earl . The See also:

• DISTRICT

district remained in See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the rulers of See also:

• MERCIA

Mercia until the fall of that kingdom . Together with the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of See also:

• ENGLISH

English Mercia it submitted to King See also:

• ALFRED

Alfred about 877–883 under Earl IEthelred, who possibly himself belonged to the Hwicce . No See also:

• GENEALOGY (from the Gr. yivos, family, and Vryos, theory)

genealogy or See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of kings has been preserved, and we do not know whether the See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty was connected with that of Wessex or Mercia . See See also:

• BEDE, BEDA, or B
• BEDE, CUTHBERT

Bede, Historia See also:

• ECCLES

eccles . (edited by C . Plummer) iv . 13 (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, 1896) ; W. de G . See also:

• BIRCH
• BIRCH (Betula)
• BIRCH, SAMUEL (1813–1885)
• BIRCH, THOMAS (1705-1766)

Birch, Cartularium Saxonicum, 43, 51, 76, 85, 116, 117, 122, 163, 187, 232, 233, 238 (Oxford, 1885-1889) . (F . G . M .