628. Here Cynegils and Cwichelm fought against Penda at Cirencester, and then came to an agreement.[1]
This suggests that the Gewisse were defeated.
Cirencester had nominally been under the influence of the Gewisse since Battle of Dyrham in 577, although archaeological evidence suggests Anglo-Saxon settlement near the Roman town from the mid sixth century.[2] Henceforward the region would be controlled by the minor kingdom of the Hwicce.[3]
References
^Swanton, Michael (2000). The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles. London: Phoenix. p. 24.
^Heighway, Catherine (1996). "Context of the Kemble burials". Transactions Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. 114: 14–54.
^Yorke, Barbara (1990). Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England. London: Routledge. p. 136.