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Siege of Exeter (c. 630)

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There is indeed a wild tale of Geoffrey of Monmouth, repeated by some English chroniclers, which seems to be the Vespasian legend repeated with fresh names. The heathen Penda besieges Exeter in the year 634, and the siege is raised by the Briton Cadwalla. If this story is worth anything, it simply
470:) recalls that the Britons were still in possession of Exeter in 632, when it was bravely defended against Penda of Mercia until relieved by Cadwallon, who engaged and defeated the Mercians with great slaughter. 449:, arrived to confront him. An alliance between British and Mercian forces followed, secured by Cadwallon's marriage to Alcfrith, Penda's sister, and they marched north to face the armies of 491:
If, in the silence of the Saxon Chronicle, we may believe Matthew of Westminster in his 'Flores Historiarum', we must state that about this time Exeter was besieged by Penda...
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Since the 19th century, historians have expressed doubts about the existence of this conflict. For instance in 1861,
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points to Caerwisc as being still a British city in the second quarter of the seventh century.
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also paints a colourful account of the siege in his pseudo-historic
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was a military conflict that took place in or around 630
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Index

Siege of Exeter
Exeter
52°39′N 3°04′W / 52.650°N 3.067°W / 52.650; -3.067
Britons
Mercia
Cadwallon ap Cadfan
King Penda
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Anglo-Saxon invasions and the founding of England
Timeline
Groans of the Britons
Guoloph
Aylesford
Treason of the Long Knives
Wippedesfleot
Mercredesburne
Badon
Beranburh
Alclud Ford
Argoed Llwyfain
Deorham
1st Wodensburh
Raith
Catraeth
Degsastan
Chester
Cirencester
Cefn Digoll

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