Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
NameHengest King Of Kent, 44G Grandfather
FatherWihtgils
Web Notes notes for Hengest King Of Kent
From Anglo Saxon England, by Sir Frank Stenton, ISBN 0-19-282237-3, page 8:
The greatest of Anglo-Saxon historians was Bede. He said the leaders of the Saxons who came to England were Hengest and his brother Horsa, sons of Wihtgils, son of Witta, son of Wecta, son of Woden, that Horsa was killed in battle by the Britons, and that his monument was still shown in the east of Kent. He gave the name of Vortigern to the British king who invited them to Britain, and placed their arrival in the reign of the Emperors Marcian and Valentinian III, which he considered to run from 449-456.
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The authority of Bede is behind the statement that Hengest and Horsa, invited by Vortigern, came to Britain in the time of the Emperors Marcian and Valentinian. Their later history was a matter of tradition, not record, and there are indications that, in part at least, it had been handed down in alliterative verse. They are said to have arrived in 449-a date derived from Bede-at the shore called Ypwines fleot, and to have fought with Vortigern six years later at a place named Agaeles threp. Horsa was killed in this battle, and Hengest and Æsc, his son, took the kingdom.
In 547 Hengest and Æsc fought with the Britons at a place called Cregcan ford, and killed 4,000 men. The Britons then left Kent, and fled in great fear to London. In 465 Hengest and Æsc fought with the Britons near Wippedes fleot, killed 12 British chiefs, and lost one of their thegns named Wipped. In 473 they fought again with the Britons at a place of which the name is not preserved, taking uncountable spoils, and compelling the Britons to flee before them like fire. Nothing more is said about Hengest in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, but under the year 488 it is stated that Æsc became King, and remained King of the Kentishmen for 24 years.
From "In Search of the Dark Ages" by Michael Wood, ISBN 0-8160-1686-0, 1987, p 43:
By the 430's, the Romans had left Britain, and a large part of Britain had fallen under the sway of a British leader called 'Vortigern', meaning 'Great King.' He had something approaching absolute power. He invited increasingly large numbers of Anglo-Saxon mercenaries from Germany and Denmark to fight for him. At about 446, the Anglo-Saxon mercenaries settled by Vortigern in Kent, led by Hengist and Horsa, revolted.
From "Debrett's Kings and Queens of Britain" by Williamson, ISBN 0-86350-101-X, p 13:
Kingship reappeared in Britain after the Romans left and in the first half of the 5th century southern Britain was ruled by a king known as Vortigern (not a personal name, but a title probably signifying 'overlord'). Unable to protect his borders, he sought the aid of mercenaries from the Continent. The traditional date for the arrival of the brothers Hengest and Horsa and their three long-ships is 449, but it is now believed to have been some years earlier. They landed at Ebbsfleet in Kent and received a grant of land from Vortigern in return for their services against the Picts. In a few years they had fallen out with Vortigern and, in a battle fought at Aylesford, wrested Kent from the Britons. Horsa was killed in the battle, but Hengest was joined by his son Æsc and in the following year they drove the Britons out of Kent altogether in a battle fought at Crayford.
The greatest of Anglo-Saxon historians was Bede. He said the leaders of the Saxons who came to England were Hengest and his brother Horsa, sons of Wihtgils, son of Witta, son of Wecta, son of Woden, that Horsa was killed in battle by the Britons, and that his monument was still shown in the east of Kent. He gave the name of Vortigern to the British king who invited them to Britain, and placed their arrival in the reign of the Emperors Marcian and Valentinian III, which he considered to run from 449-456.
page 16:
The authority of Bede is behind the statement that Hengest and Horsa, invited by Vortigern, came to Britain in the time of the Emperors Marcian and Valentinian. Their later history was a matter of tradition, not record, and there are indications that, in part at least, it had been handed down in alliterative verse. They are said to have arrived in 449-a date derived from Bede-at the shore called Ypwines fleot, and to have fought with Vortigern six years later at a place named Agaeles threp. Horsa was killed in this battle, and Hengest and Æsc, his son, took the kingdom.
In 547 Hengest and Æsc fought with the Britons at a place called Cregcan ford, and killed 4,000 men. The Britons then left Kent, and fled in great fear to London. In 465 Hengest and Æsc fought with the Britons near Wippedes fleot, killed 12 British chiefs, and lost one of their thegns named Wipped. In 473 they fought again with the Britons at a place of which the name is not preserved, taking uncountable spoils, and compelling the Britons to flee before them like fire. Nothing more is said about Hengest in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, but under the year 488 it is stated that Æsc became King, and remained King of the Kentishmen for 24 years.
From "In Search of the Dark Ages" by Michael Wood, ISBN 0-8160-1686-0, 1987, p 43:
By the 430's, the Romans had left Britain, and a large part of Britain had fallen under the sway of a British leader called 'Vortigern', meaning 'Great King.' He had something approaching absolute power. He invited increasingly large numbers of Anglo-Saxon mercenaries from Germany and Denmark to fight for him. At about 446, the Anglo-Saxon mercenaries settled by Vortigern in Kent, led by Hengist and Horsa, revolted.
From "Debrett's Kings and Queens of Britain" by Williamson, ISBN 0-86350-101-X, p 13:
Kingship reappeared in Britain after the Romans left and in the first half of the 5th century southern Britain was ruled by a king known as Vortigern (not a personal name, but a title probably signifying 'overlord'). Unable to protect his borders, he sought the aid of mercenaries from the Continent. The traditional date for the arrival of the brothers Hengest and Horsa and their three long-ships is 449, but it is now believed to have been some years earlier. They landed at Ebbsfleet in Kent and received a grant of land from Vortigern in return for their services against the Picts. In a few years they had fallen out with Vortigern and, in a battle fought at Aylesford, wrested Kent from the Britons. Horsa was killed in the battle, but Hengest was joined by his son Æsc and in the following year they drove the Britons out of Kent altogether in a battle fought at Crayford.