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	Wihtred of Kent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wihtred (died April 23, 725) was a King of Kent (690 - 725).
		It was also in 694 that Wihtred made peace with the West Saxon king Ine, which he achieved by paying compensation for the killing of Caedwalla's brother, Mul, in 687.
		Wihtred produced a law code for Kent, which was notable for its generosity toward the Church, which was granted freedom from taxation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wihtred (210 words)

	King Wihtred of Kent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Wihtred was the son of EGBERT and brother of EADRIC.
		During this period Wihtred remained in sanctuary, protected by the church, and in the guardianship of his aunt, Eormenhild, the widow of WULFHERE of Mercia.
		Wihtred finally emerged to challenge the claimants to the throne late in the year 690, or early in 691, when he was aged probably not much more than 20.
	xpda.com /family/ind01333.htm (405 words)

	WIHTRED, OF KENT - LoveToKnow Article on WIHTRED, OF KENT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Bede states that Wihtred and Swefheard were both kings in Kent in 692.
		For a few years he was one of the tutors at Oriel, but the provost, Edward Hawkins, disliked his religious views, and in 1831 he resigned and left Oxford.
		In 1832 he obtained the living of East Farleigh, Kent, which in 1840 he exchanged for that of Burton Agnes, near Hull.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /W/WI/WIHTRED_OF_KENT.htm (2296 words)

	Ancestors and Family of Wihtred of Kent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		King of Kent who came to the throne in 690 after a period of anarchy.
		Wihtred was not sole king until 692 at the earliest, for Bede, the 8th-century historian, states that Swaefred, king of the East Saxons, was joint ruler in this year.
		During the fifth year of his reign (probably 695), Wihtred issued a code of laws in a council held at a place called Berghamstyde (Barham?).
	nygaard.howards.net /files/4/4586.htm (155 words)

	WIGWAM - LoveToKnow Article on WIGWAM
		and this statement would appear to imply a period of East Saxon influence (see KENT), while there is also evidence of an attack by Wessex.
		Wihtred, however, seems to have become sole king in 694.
		After the annal 694 in the Chronicle there is inserted a grant of privileges to the church, which purports to have been issued by Wihtred at a place called Baccan-celde.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /W/WI/WIGWAM.htm (221 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		SwÃ¦fheard (Suabhardus), king of Kent, to Ãbba, abbess (of Minster-in-Thanet); grant of 44 hides (manentes) in Sudaneie in Thanet, and 12 hides in Sturry, Kent; with confirmation by Ãthelred, king of Mercia, A.D. Marefield and Stapleford, Leics., 8 January).
		Oswine, king of Kent, to St Peter's Minster (St Augustine's, Canterbury) and Abbot Hadrian; grant of 1 sulung (aratrum) of iron-bearing land, formerly belonging to the royal vill at Lyminge, Kent.
		Wihtred, king of Kent, to Ãbba, abbess; grant of 4 sulungs (aratra) at Humantun in Thanet, Kent.
	people.pwf.cam.ac.uk /rjr20/details/biblcomments.xml (4771 words)

	Wikipedia: Mercia
		Archeological surveys show that Angles settled the lands north of the Thames river by the sixth century.
		For the first few years of his reign, he had to face the obstacles of two strong rival kings, Wihtred of Kent and Ine of Wessex.
		But when Wihtred died in 725, and Ine abdicated his throne the following year to become a monk in Rome, Æthelbald was free to establish Mercia's hegemony over the rest of the Anglo-Saxons south of the Humber.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/m/me/mercia.html (695 words)

	Timeline of Anglo Saxon England 688 AD-801 AD
		- King Oswine of Kent is toppled by Wihtred the brother of the late King Eadric of Kent.
		- King Ecgbert II of Kent defeats the Mercians at the Battle of Otford and re-asserts himself as King of Kent.
		Prince Ealmund of Wessex appears as King of Kent, possibly as a joint-monarch in some sort of alliance with his brother-in-law, King Ecgbert II.
	www.britannia.com /history/saxontime2.html (3509 words)

	Northvegr - The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
		A.D. This year Ceadwall went to Rome, and received baptism at the hands of Sergius the pope, who gave him the name of Peter; but in the course of seven nights afterwards, on the twelfth day before the calends of May, he died in his crisom-cloths, and was buried in the church of St. Peter.
		Wihtred, who succeeded to the kingdom of Kent, and held it thirty-three winters, was the son of Egbert, Egbert of Erkenbert, Erkenbert of Eadbald, Eadbald of Ethelbert.
		For I Wihtred, earthly king, urged on by the heavenly king, and with the spirit of righteousness annealed, have of our progenitors learned this, that no layman should have any right to possess himself of any church or of any of the things that belong to the church.
	www.northvegr.org /lore/anglo/001_07.php (1340 words)

	Wihtred of Kent -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He became king during the period of disorder in Kent that followed the invasion of (Click link for more info and facts about Caedwalla of Wessex) Caedwalla of Wessex.
		Wihtred produced a law code for Kent, which was notable for its generosity toward the (A place for public (especially Christian) worship) Church, which was granted freedom from (The imposition of taxes; the practice of the government in levying taxes on the subjects of a state) taxation.
		On his death, he left Kent to three different sons: (Click link for more info and facts about Aethelbert) Aethelbert, Eadbert, and Alric.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wi/wihtred_of_kent.htm (211 words)

	DustyBones.com - Person Page 31 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Wihtred (?) King of Kent was the son of Egbert (?) 1st King of Kent.
		Wihtred (?) King of Kent married Cynegth (?).
		Wihtred (?) King of Kent died in 725.
	dustybones.com /surnames/p31.htm (1988 words)

	Wihtred of Kent - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Wihtred of Kent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Wihtred of Kent - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Wihtred of Kent.
		Here you will find more informations about Wihtred of Kent.
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	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Wihtred-of-Kent.html (268 words)

	Wihtred -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		His predominance was made possible by the death of the strong king Wihtred of Kent (725) and the abdication of Ine of Wessex (726).
		Place-names containing the names of gods or other heathen elements are plentiful enough to prove the vitality of heathenism and to account for the slow progress of conversion in some areas.
		In Kent, the first kingdom to accept Christianity, King Wihtred's laws in 695 contained clauses against heathen worship.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9076958 (305 words)

	Shadowed Realm: Medieval Timeline > Browse by Century
		King Edwin of Northumbria married the Christian daughter of Aethelbert of Kent in 625.
		Wihtred, King of Kent (c.690-725) and who maintained Kentish independence against the growing expansion of the Kingdom of Mercia, issues one of the earliest known law codes in Britain.
		Wihtred's law code, which dealt primarily with ecclesiastical matters, was to give considerable privileges to the church.
	www.shadowedrealm.com /timeline/century.php?Range=Seventh (1277 words)

	Mercia - the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Mercia's exact evolution from the Anglo-Saxon invasions is more obscurethan that of Northumbria, Kent, or even Wessex.
		For the first few years of his reign, he had to face the obstacles of two strong rival kings, Wihtred of Kent and Ineof Wessex.
		Following the murder of Æthelbald by one of his bodyguards in 757, a civil war followed, which was concluded with the victoryof Offa.
	www.free-web-encyclopedia.com /?t=Mercia (999 words)

	Notes for ~Wihtred "King" of Kent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)*
		Wihtred ruled as King of Kent from 691 to 725.
		Wihtred's law-code is chiefly remarkable for its evidence of the
		Wihtred was a generous patron of monasteries: the housesat
	mariah.stonemarche.org /famfiles/nti13116.htm (239 words)

	Genealogy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		/Wihtred of Kent KING OF KENT d: 725
		\daughter OF KENT b: 762 /Aethelwulf KING OF WESSEX b: 806 d: 13 JAN 857/58
		\Eadgifu/Edgiva of Kent b: ABT 896 d: 961 /EDGAR, King of England b: 944 d: 975
	home.comcast.net /~mgmorey/gen/0968_Aethelred_II.html (206 words)

	Reading_11 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The kingdoms of East Anglia, Essex, Kent, and Sussex were not able to extend their territories during this second phase of hostilities, because of the activities of the other three large kingdoms, but they did consolidate their conquests.
		Kent after Aethelberht, East Anglia after Raedwaid, and Essex and Sussex from an even earlier date, were never comparable in strength with the larger and later kingdoms created by the second phase of conquest.
		While all land was normally subject to certain secular burdens-taxation, military service, purveyance, labor, and judiciary duties267--Ine of Wessex went so far in 704 as to declare church lands perpetually exempt from taxation,268 and Wihtred of Kent exempted churches from all secular burdens,269 an act ratified by a church council in 742.
	www.law2.byu.edu /Thomas/Legal_History/Reading_11.html (15379 words)

	Eadbert I of Kent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Eadbert I of Kent was king of Kent from 725 to 748.
		After his father, Wihtred of Kent died, he inherited the kingdom of Kent along with his two brothers Aethelbert and Alric.
		Aethelbert functioned as overking while Alric and Eadbert took up more modest roles.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eadbert_I_of_Kent (81 words)

	Anglo Saxon Chroniclers Garb The World
		Ethelred, king of the Mercians, in the meantime, overran the land of Kent.
		The same year died Lothhere, King of Kent; and John was consecrated Bishop of Hexham, where he remained till Wilferth was restored, when John was translated to York on the death of Bishop Bosa.
		A.D. This year was slain Cynric, etheling of the West- Saxons; Edbert, King of Kent, died; and Ethelbert, son of King Wihtred, succeeded to the kingdom.
	www.garbtheworld.com /pgs/hist/aschron4.shtml (3870 words)

	Kent History Centre - Treasures of the Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A grant of immunity from public taxation from Wihtred, King of Kent, to the churches and monasteries in his kingdom.
		Kent History Centre is a Kent County Council project.
		Content provided by Kent County Council © all rights reserved.
	www.kenthistorycentre.org.uk /treasures_chart.aspx (184 words)

	KENT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Search the KENT Family Message Boards at Ancestry.com (if available).
		Search the KENT Family Resource Center at RootsWeb.com (if available).
		Find graves of people named KENT at Find-a-Grave.com (or add one that you know).
	www.worldhistory.com /surname/US/K/KENT.htm (73 words)

	The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: Part 1: A.D. 1 - 748 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		From the Jutes are descended the men of Kent, the Wightwarians (that is, the tribe that now dwelleth in the Isle of Wight), and that kindred in Wessex that men yet call the kindred of the Jutes.
		A.D. This year died Ethelbert, king of Kent, the first of English kings that received baptism: he was the son of Ermenric.
		A.D. This year the sun was eclipsed, on the eleventh of May; and Erkenbert, King of Kent, having died, Egbert his son succeeded to the kingdom.
	sunsite.berkeley.edu /OMACL/Anglo/part1.html (10118 words)

	42nd-44th Generations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Death: 725 Occupation: King of Kent Acceded: 690 Marriage: to Cynegth
		Children: Æthelbert II of Kent and Eadberht of Kent
		Birth: ca 635 Heristal, Liege, Belgium Death: 16 Dec 714 Jupile on the Muse, France Occupation: Chancellor of the Franks; Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia and Neustria Title: Duke of Austrasia Marriage: to Elphide (Chalpaida)
	www21.brinkster.com /leonore/page72.html (162 words)

	Simon Keynes: Anglo-Saxon History: A Select Bibliography, Section E (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The equilibrium south of the Humber was broken by the death of Wihtred, king of Kent, in 725, and by the departure of Ine, king of Wessex, to Rome in 726.
		After the death of Wihtred in 725, the kingdom was divided into its two component parts: east Kent (governed from Canterbury), and west Kent (governed from Rochester).
		The relationship between the two kingdoms, and the consequences of the imposition of Mercian overlordship, are well illustrated by charters: see Kelly (B291), pp.
	www.wmich.edu /medieval/research/rawl/keynesbib/biblioe.htm (3457 words)

	Timeline
		They were given kingship of the countries in the north.
		On 7 Aug 1685 William Ogle conveyed a messuage (a farm?) in Long Horsley to Robert Bullman for £300.
		AD 451: Jutes and Frisians move into what is now Kent.
	www.oghgul.org /quest/timeline.htm (1103 words)

	(Robert Garlick Hill KEAN - Rowena of KENT ) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Joan Fair Maid of KENT (29 Sep 1328 - 8 Aug 1385)
		King Ethelbert I of KENT (560 - 24 Feb 616)
		King Hengest of the Jute and KENT (- 488)
	www.jodygoad.com /index/ind0174.html (80 words)

	I4071: Joseph ADKINS ( - )
		_King Ethelbert I of KENT ________ _King Eadbald of KENT _____
		_Bertha of PARIS _________________ _King Earconbert of KENT _
		_Emma of AUSTRASIA __________________________________________ _KIng Egbert I of KENT _
	www.jodygoad.com /d0000/g0000075.html (325 words)

	I2599: Melissa BOLIN (Private - ____) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		BURIAL: UNKNOWN, Acceded to the throne of Kent in 690
		_______ __________________________________________________ _Earconbert of KENT, King of Kent_____
		__________________________________________________ _Egbert I of KENT, King of Kent_
	www.kiefergenealogy.com /Ged2Html/d0028/g0000018.html (105 words)

	Paradox Interactive Forums - 476 Scenario
		In 577, in battle at or near an ancient ringfort at Dyrham, Somerset, Ceawlin and Cutha routed the Britons, killing three kings, Cionmail, Condidan and Farinmail, and siezing three major 'cities', Gloucester, Cirencester and Bath.
		The throne was left in the hands of a relative, Ine, perhaps the best ruler, as opposed to fighter, yet to hold Wessex.
		Over the course of a 38-year reign Ine secured peace and reparations from Wihtred of Kent for the burning of Mul, issued a historically significant law code and fought the West Welsh, the South Saxons and the Mercians with varying degrees of success.
	www.europa-universalis.com /forum/showthread.php?t=86737&page=3 (4424 words)

	Britannia: The AngloSaxon Chronicle
		Surrey and Sussex; and Ina fought with the South-Saxons.
		A.D. This year died Wihtred, King of Kent, on the ninth day
		Saxons; Edbert, King of Kent, died; and Ethelbert, son of King
	www.britannia.com /history/docs/702-50.html (894 words)

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