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	Battle of Heavenfield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Heavenfield was fought in 633 or 634 between a Northumbrian army under Oswald of Bernicia and a Welsh army under Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd.
		Following the Battle of Hatfield Chase on October 12, 632 (or 633), during which the Northumbrian king Edwin was killed by the invading Welsh and Mercians, Northumbria was split between its two sub-kingdoms, Bernicia and Deira, and exposed to the devastation of Cadwallon's invading army.
		Before the battle, it is said that he raised a cross and prayed for victory alongside his troops, and afterward the site was known as Heavenfield.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Heavenfield (208 words)

	Cadafael Cadomedd ap Cynfeddw - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Little is known about Cadafael's life until after the defeat and death of Cadwallon ap Cadfan at the Battle of Heavenfield in 634.
		It is uncertain whether Cadafael was intentionally avoiding battle or was unaware that Oswy's forces were near, however the episode earned him the scornful nickname "Cadomedd" or "Battle-shirker".
		Cadfael seized power in Gwynedd at the expense of Cadwallon's son Cadwaladr, who was still a child.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cadfael_Cadomedd_ap_Cynfeddw (224 words)

	634 - the free encyclopedia
		Gwynedd in the Battle of Heavenfield and reunites Northumbria.
	www.world-knowledge-encyclopedia.com /?t=634 (26 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Oswald of Northumbria
		Prior to the battle, he had received a vision of Saint Colman; he had also erected a large cross on the field on the night before, attributed his win to his faith and the intervention of the saint, and the victory is known as the Battle of Heavenfield.
		Soldier; known to have fought at the Battle of Fid Eoin in 628.
		When his father was killed in battle when Oswald was eleven years old, his mother fled with the family for the court of King Eochaid Buide at Dunadd in modern Scotland.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/sainto25.htm (747 words)

	The Heroic Age: Oswald and the Irish
		The battle of Mag Rath was fought by a coalition led by Conal, king of the Dál nAraide, accompanied by Cenél nEógain of the Northern Ui Neill and Dalriada against Domnall son of Aed of Cenél Conaill, a member of a rival branch of the Northern Ui Neill and high-king of Ireland (Bannerman 1974:101).
		According to the Annals of Clonmacnoise, the battle was fought to revenge the death of Fiachna son of Beatain, king of Dál nAraide[5], at the battle of Lethet Midind (Bannerman 1974:97-98).
		The separate line for this battle in the annals implies that it was an event distinct from the battle of Strathcarron, although it is at least possible that the lines originate from different sources referring to the same battle.
	www.mun.ca /mst/heroicage/issues/4/ziegler.html (10577 words)

	Newcastle Walks - Battles Page
		In 1464 at The Battle of Hedgley Moor near Wooler in Northumberland, Sir Ralph Percy a Lancastrian supporter, and son of The Duke of Northumberland was killed fighting a superior Yorkshire army.
		Although the battle continued into the next day the death of their King and the mass slaughter of their fellows led the Scots to surrender.
		The normal plundering by victors after a battle was minimal, an air of respect was felt and the Scots only took what was necessary to maintain their own welfare.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /newcastlewalks/battles.htm (1761 words)

	BATTLE OF HEAVENFIELD
		The battle re-established a Christian as king of Northumbria and one of Oswald's first acts was to invite the monks of Iona to set up a monastery in the Kingdom.
		This led to a major attack being launched against Edwin who was killed with his son in a battle near Doncaster in 633.
		The available evidence suggests that the battle spread over a number of sites as cadwallon and his men fled in various directions.
	www.roman-britain.org /hw/heavenfield.htm (748 words)

	Touring Northumberland Battlefields on Britannia: Hexham
		Hexham was the last battle of the first chapter of the Wars of the Roses.
		There is some controversy over which side of the road the Battle of Hexham took place, but it was certainly in the fields around the River, possibly on the slopes of Swallowship Hill.
		Having been defeated at the decisive Battle of Towton, King Henry VI and his Queen fled north to Scotland.
	www.britannia.com /tours/batnorthumb/hexham.html (211 words)

	wikien.info: Main_Page
		Eanfrith's brother Oswald then raised an army and finally defeated Cadwallon at the Battle of Heavenfield in 634; after this victory, he reunited Deira with Bernicia.
		Following the disastrous Battle of Hatfield Chase on October 12, 633, in which Edwin was defeated and killed by Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd and Penda of Mercia, Northumbria again was divided into Bernicia and Deira.
		Aethelfrith, king of Bernicia, united Deira with his own kingdom around the year 604 and ruled the two kingdoms (united as the kingdom of Northumbria) until he was defeated and killed by Raedwald of East Anglia (who had given refuge to Edwin, son of Aella, king of Deira) around the year 616.
	www.alanaditescili.net /index.php?title=Bernicia (314 words)

	Penda_of_Mercia
		Northumbria was greatly weakened as a consequence of the battle; the kingdom became fractured to some degree between Deira in its southern part and Bernicia in the north, with the Deirans acquiring a king of their own, Oswine, while in Bernicia, Oswald was succeeded by his brother, Oswiu.
		If Eowa was in fact dominant among the Mercians during the period leading up the battle, then his death could have marked what the author of the Historia Brittonum regarded as the beginning of Penda's ten-year reign.
		The question of what sort of relationship of power existed between the brothers prior to the battle is a matter of speculation.
	www.freecaviar.com /search.php?title=Penda_of_Mercia (4416 words)

	North Tynedale History
		One of Northumbria's first recorded battles;- `the Battle of Heavenfield' (635 A.D), took place in the vicinity of the North Tyne, near to where it was crossed by Hadrian's Wall at Chesters.
		Oswald assembled his men for battle to the north of Hexham on high ground in the vicinity of the North Tyne, close to Hadrian's Wall.
		Surprisingly, unlike most Northumbrian battles this was fought not between the English and the Scots, but between the Northumbrians and the Welsh, who were a great enemy of the Kingdom of Northumbria in early times.
	www.thenortheast.fsnet.co.uk /NorthTynedale.htm (1994 words)

	Battle of Hatfield Chase
		Cadwallon continued to wage a war of ruthless slaughter against the Northumbrians, and was not stopped until the Battle of Heavenfield a year later.
		The Battle of Hatfield Chase was fought in Anglo-Saxon England between the Northumbrians under Edwin and the allied Welsh of Gwynedd under Cadwallon ap Cadfan and Mercians under Penda.
		It took place on October 12, 633 and was a decisive victory for the Welsh and Mercians: Edwin was killed and his army was destroyed.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/battle_of_hatfield_chase (266 words)

	Whitby Abbey and St Hilda
		A year after their return, Oswald defeated and killed Cadwalla, at the battle of Heavenfield, near to Hadrians Wall at Hexham.
		His second son survived this battle and surrendered himself to the mercy of Penda and Cadwalla, but was murdered at Penda`s court of Mercia.
		The eldest son was killed in a battle fighting Cadwalla, but his brothers, Oswald and Oswy, were destined to become the new Kings of Northumbria.
	www.queensland.co.uk /hilda.html (1930 words)

	grail timeline
		Battles and rivalry between the forces of the Celts and the Saxons continued until eventually in the eighth century, a line was drawn by the Saxon King Offa of Mercia who built a Dyke separating what was Celtic Wales (and the Red Dragon) from Saxon England (and the White dragon).
		The latter was killedi n the battle of Arthuret and his bard Myrddin, is forced to flee inot the Caledonian Forest.
		According t bard-song legends, after the battle of Camlan in Cornwall, where Modred was slain and Arthur wounded, Morgan le Fay an elfin lady conveyed the body to Glastonbury to cure it; which done, Arthur is to return to the rule of his country (also known as the prophecy of Merlin)
	www.persephonesplace.com /grail_timeline.htm (2985 words)

	Shadowed Realm: Medieval Timeline > View the Entire Timeline
		A battle between the Mericans and Welsh under Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd and the Northumbrian army of Oswald of Bernicia.
		During the battle the Moorish Governor was slain and the remains of his army beat in retreat back to Spain.
		Oswald won this battle and was able to reunite Bernicia and Deira and become king of all Northumbria.
	www.shadowedrealm.com /timeline/all.php (5278 words)

	Touring Northumberland Battlefields on Britannia: Heavenfield
		With Edwin's demise at the Battle of Hatfield, it seemed that the Saxons would be completely expunged from north of the Humber.
		Before the battle, Oswald raised a large wooden cross as a standard for his army and, beneath it, they prayed together for victory.
		The battle was fierce and bloody and the Welsh were completely defeated.
	www.britannia.com /tours/batnorthumb/heavenfield.html (197 words)

	Battle_of_Maserfield
		The battle may more accurately be characterized as marking the defeat of Northumbrian imperialism south of the Humber: the 20th century historian Frank Stenton wrote of Penda that his resistance may have prevented the establishment of "a loosely compacted kingdom of England under Northumbrian rule" by the mid-7th century.
		The Battle of Maserfield (or Maserfeld) was fought on August 5, 642, between the Anglo-Saxon kings Oswald of Northumbria and Penda of Mercia, ending in Oswald's defeat, death, and dismemberment.
		Following the battle, Deira, in the southern part of Northumbria, chose a king of its own, Oswine, while Bernicia in the north (which had been dominant, with Oswald, a member of the Bernician royal line, ruling both Bernicia and Deira prior to Maserfield) was ruled by Oswald's brother Oswiu.
	www.apawn.com /search.php?title=Battle_of_Maserfield (546 words)

	Northumbria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was defeated and killed around the year 616 in battle at the River Idle by Raedwald of East Anglia, who installed Edwin, the son of Aella, a former king of Deira, as king.
		He was, however, himself defeated by an alliance of the exiled king of Gwynedd, Cadwallon ap Cadfan and Penda, king of Mercia, at the Battle of Hatfield Chase in 633.
		In 642, Oswald was killed by the Mercians under Penda at the Battle of Maserfield.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northumbria (1416 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Time Line: 634
		Battle of Heavenfield; Saint Oswald of Northumbria reclaimed the throne
	www.catholic-forum.com /Saints/year0634.htm (24 words)

	EBK: Penda, King of Mercia
		Nominal Northumbrian monarchs came and went until King Oswald finally crushed the Welsh at the Battle of Heavenfield, where Cadwallon was killed.
		Eventually, at the Battle of Hatfield Chase, Edwin of Northumbria was killed and his kingdom brought the kingdom to its knees.
		At the Battle of Cirencester in AD 628, Penda defeated the men of Wessex and took control of the territory of the Hwicce (roughly Gloucestershire).
	www.earlybritishkingdoms.com /adversaries/bios/penda.html (977 words)

	wikien.info: Main_Page
		Little is known about Cadfael's life until after the defeat and death of Cadwallon ap Cadfan at the Battle of Heavenfield in 634.
		Cadillac became the county seat after the "Battle of Manton" in which the county seat was forcibly moved from Manton, Michigan.
		Gwydion won the battle by making the trees of the forest come to animated life and fight for him (hence the name).
	www.hostingciamca.com /browse.php?title=C/C/CAD (4963 words)

	EBK: St. Oswald, King of Northumbria
		He clashed with King Cadwallon of Gwynedd at the Battle of Heavenfield.
		In AD 633, he was killed in battle and Oswald's elder half-brother, Eanfrith, was able to establish himself on the Bernician throne for a almost a year.
		Oswald raised a large cross their before the fight and the prayers of his soldiers around it are said to have contributed to the King's victory, despite the superior numbers of the Welsh army.
	www.earlybritishkingdoms.com /adversaries/bios/oswald.html (979 words)

	Northumberland County
		After King Oswald of Northumbria won the battle of Heavenfield, he invited the Christian monks of Iona to establish a Priory on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, which they did in 635 AD.
		He returned to re-unite the kingdom of Northumbria which had been overrun by its enemies by winning the Battle of Heavenfield in 634.
		He was captured at the Battle of Otterburn in 1388 but won a resounding victory at Humbleton Hill in 1403.
	www.townfacts.co.uk /new_page_251.htm (9218 words)

	King Oswald and St. Aidan North East England Timeline
		Oswald heavily defeats Penda of Mercia and the Welsh under Caedwalla at the battle of Heavenfield at Chollerford near Hexham (today the battlefield is marked by a cross).
		Oswald is killed in battle at Maserfelth (now called Mackerfield between Wigan and Warrington) fighting against Penda of Mercia.
		Before the battle, he had asked his men to pray to God and is convinced that the Christian faith helped bring victory.
	www.thenortheast.fsnet.co.uk /12TimelineKingOswaldandSaintAidan.htm (901 words)

	Part 2
		Battles fought against picts would only be battles fought against native British tribes probably by other native British tribes whose records would, of course, not show that the victors were picts merely supporters of the rightful kings.
		When talking of the battle of Nechtansmere, he tells us that after the Northumbrians were defeated by the Picts, the Scots and the Britons also recieved their freedom.
		This relationship may indicate that the battle of Ocha was fought between the Scots Mac Ercs and the Irish - The Scots dynasties conquering Ireland much as the Normans conquered most of the European Territories in the 11th century.
	www.geocities.com /vladut_100/Part_2.html (16087 words)

	Articles - Cadwallon ap Cadfan
		However, Cadwallon was defeated by an army under Eanfrith's brother, Oswald, at the Battle of Heavenfield, "though he had most numerous forces, which he boasted nothing could withstand".
		A battle was fought at Hatfield Chase on October 12, 633 (or 632, according to another interpretation of the chronology), which ended in the defeat and death of Edwin and his son Osfrith.
		The son and successor of Cadfan ap Iago, he is best remembered for devastating Northumbria and defeating and killing its king, Edwin, prior to his own death in battle against Oswald of Bernicia.
	gaple.com /articles/Cadwallon_ap_Cadfan?mySession=8acf937ab9d0004970... (548 words)

	St Oswald: Warrior King and Martyr
		In 635, he defeated and killed Cadwallon, King of the Welsh, at the battle of Heavenfield just north of Hexham.
		Following the death of Edwin in battle in 633, Oswald returned to Northumbria and was crowned king of Northumbria.
		In 642, Oswald was killed at the battle of Maserfeld near Oswestry by the pagan King Penda of Mercia who then ordered the body of his adversary to be dismembered.
	www.dur.ac.uk /~dla0www/c_tour/stoswald.html (320 words)

	634
		al-Waled captures Damascus\nOmar succeeds Abu Bakr as Caliph of Islam\nOswald of Bernicia defeats Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd in the Battle of Heavenfield and reunites Northumbria Births Deaths\nAugust 23 - Abu Bakr, first Caliph of Islam\nCadwallon ap Cadfan, king of Gwynedd \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
		Wagner has beautiful moments but bad quarters of an hour." - Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)
	encyclopedia.codeboy.net /wikipedia/6/63/634.html (105 words)

	St Hilda
		But that proved sufficient at the battle of Heavenfield, the site of which is still marked by a wooden cross near the Roman Wall.
		Once more Christianity - but a Christianity of the Celtic, not the Roman pattern - was established in Northumbria, and the political power of Northumbria was at its height.
	www.whitby-uk.com /cgi-bin/site.nav/whitby.pl?page=st-hilda (912 words)

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