See also:

• KINGDOM

KINGDOM OF See also:

• SUSSEX
• SUSSEX, EARLS OF
• KINGDOM OF SUSSEX (SO Seaxe, i.e. the South Saxons)
• SUSSEX, THOMAS RADCLYFFE [or RATCLYFFE], 3RD EARL OF (c. 1525-1583)

SUSSEX (SO Seaxe, i.e. the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• SAXONS

Saxons)  , one of the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon See also:

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

Britain, the boundaries of which coincided in See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general with those of the See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county of See also:

• SUSSEX
• SUSSEX, EARLS OF
• SUSSEX, KINGDOM OF (SO Seaxe, i.e. the South Saxons)
• SUSSEX, THOMAS RADCLYFFE [or RATCLYFFE], 3RD EARL OF (c. 1525-1583)

Sussex . A large See also:

• PART

part of that See also:

• DISTRICT

district, however, was covered in See also:

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

early times by the See also:

• FOREST

forest called Andred . According to the traditional See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account given in the Anglo-Saxon See also:

• CHRONICLE (from Gr. Xpovos, time)

Chronicle, it was in 477 that a certain See also:

• ELLA
• ELLA (d. 588)
• ELLA (d. 867)
• ELLA (d. c. 514)

Ella (zElle) led the invaders ashore at a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place called Cymenes ora and defeated the inhabitants . A further See also:

• BATTLE

battle at a place called Mearcredes burne is recorded under the See also:

• YEAR

year 485, and in the annal for 491 we read that Ella and Cissa his son sacked See also:

• ANDERIDA

Anderida and slew all the inhabitants . Ella is the first 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 invading See also:

• RACE

race whom See also:

• BEDE, BEDA, or B
• BEDE, CUTHBERT

Bede describes as exercising supremacy over his See also:

• FELLOWS, SIR CHARLES (1799-1860)

fellows, and we may probably regard him as an See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person, though little See also:

• WEIGHT

weight can be attached to the See also:

• DATES

dates given by the Chronicle . The See also:

• HISTORY

history of Sussex now becomes a See also:

• BLANK (from the Fr. blanc, white)

blank until 607, in which year Ceolwulf of Wessex is found fighting against the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• SAXONS

Saxons . In 681 See also:

• WILFRID (c. 634-709)

Wilfrid of See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, on his See also:

• EXPULSION (Lat. expulsio, from expellere)

expulsion from See also:

• NORTHUMBRIA (regnum Northanhymbrorum)

Northumbria by See also:

• ECGFRITH (d. 685)

Ecgfrith, retired into Sussex, where he remained until 686 converting its See also:

• PAGAN
• PAGAN (Lat. paganus, of or belonging to a pagus, a canton, county district, village, commune)

pagan inhabitants . According to Bede, lEthelwald, king of Sussex, had been previously baptized in See also:

• MERCIA

Mercia at the See also:

• SUGGESTION

suggestion of See also:

• WULFHERE (d. 675)

Wulfhere, who presented him with the Isle of See also:

• WIGHT, ISLE OF

Wight and the district about the Meon . After Wilfrid's exertions in relieving a See also:

• FAMINE (Lat. fames, hunger)

famine which occurred in Sussex the king granted to him eighty-seven hides in and near the See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula of Selsey which, with a See also:

• LAPSE (Lat. lapses, a slip or departure)

lapse until 709 after Wilfrid's retirement, remained the seat of the South Saxon bishopric until the See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman See also:

• CONQUEST

Conquest . Shortly afterwards, however, 1Ethelwald was slain and his See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom ravaged by the exiled See also:

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

West Saxon See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince Ceadwalla . The latter was eventually expelled by two princes named Berhthun and Andhun, who thereupon assumed the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of the king-dom . In 686 the South Saxons attacked See also:

• HLOTHHERE

Hlothhere, king of See also:

• KENT
• KENT, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• KENT, JAMES (1763-1847)
• KENT, WILLIAM (1685-1748)

Kent, in support of his See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew Eadric, but soon afterwards Berhthun was killed and the kingdom subjugated for a 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 by Ceadwalla, who had now become king of Wessex .

Of the later South Saxon See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings we have little knowledge except from occasional charters . In 692 a See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant is made by a king called Nothelm to his See also:

• SISTER

sister, which is witnessed by two other kings called Nunna and " Uuattus." Nunna is probably to be identified with See also:

• NUN (O. Eng. nunne, from Lat. nonnus, nonna, familiar terms for an old man or woman)

Nun, described in the Chronicle as the kinsman of See also:

• INE

Ine of Wessex who fought with him against Gerent, king of the West Welsh, in 710 . According to Bede, Sussex was subject to Ine for a number of years . A grant, dated by See also:

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

Birch about 725, is made by Nunna to Eadberht, See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of Selsey, and to this too " Uuattus " appears as a See also:

• WITNESS
• WITNESS (from O. Eng. witan, to know)

witness . In 722 we find Ine of Wessex at See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war with the South Saxons, apparently because they were supporting a certain Aldbryht, probably an See also:

• EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

exile from Wessex . An undated grant is made by Nunna about this time, which is witnessed by a King lEthelberht . After this we hear nothing more until shortly before 765, when a grant of See also:

• LAND

land is made by a king named Aldwulf with two other kings, Aelfwald and Oslac, as witnesses . In 765 and 770 grants are made by a King Osmund, the latter of which is witnessed by See also:

• OFFA
• OFFA (d. 796)

Offa of Mercia . Off a also appears as witness to two charters of an AEthelberht, king of the South Saxons, and in 772 he grants land himself in Sussex, with See also:

• OSWALD (c. 605—642)
• OSWALD (d. 992)

Oswald, See also:

• DUX (Czech Duchcov)

dux of the South Saxons, as a witness . It is probable that about this time Off a definitely annexed the kingdom of Sussex, as several persons, Osmurid, IElfwald and Oslac, who had previously used the royal See also:

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

title, now sign with that of dux . In 825 the South Saxons submitted to Ecgberht, and from this time they remained subject to the West Saxon See also:

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

dynasty . The earldom of Sussex seems later to have been held sometimes with that of Kent .