Cuthred King of Wessex -663

Cuthred King of Wessex was born to Cwichelm King of Wessex.

In 636 [his father] Cwichelm King of Wessex was killed at Scutchamer Knob, Oxfordshire [Map].

In 639 Bishop Birinus of Dorchester baptised [his grandfather] King Cynegils' grandson Cuthred King of Wessex to whom he was godfather.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 639. This year Birinus baptized King Cuthred at Dorchester [Map], and received him as his son.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 648. This year [his uncle] Kenwal gave his relation Cuthred three thousand hides of land by Ashdown. Cuthred was the son of [his father] Cwichelm, Cwichelm of [his grandfather] Cynegils. [Note. Cuthred was nephew to Kenwal.].

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 661. This year, at Easter, [his uncle] Kenwal fought at Pontesbury; and Wulfere [aged 21], the son of Penda, pursued him as far as Ashdown. Cuthred, the son of Cwichelm, and King Kenbert, died in one year. Into the Isle of Wight [Map] also Wulfere, the son of Penda, penetrated, and transferred the inhabitants to Ethelwald, king of the South-Saxons, because Wulfere adopted him in baptism. And Eoppa Wessex, a mass-priest, by command of Wilfrid and King Wulfere, was the first of men who brought baptism to the people of the Isle of Wight [Map].

In 663 Cuthred King of Wessex died.