Paternal Family Tree: Wessex
Cenwalh King of Wessex was born to King Cynegils of Wessex.
In 611 [his father] King Cynegils of Wessex succeeded King Wessex.
Around 641 [his father] King Cynegils of Wessex died. His son Cenwalh succeeded King Wessex.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 643. This year Kenwal succeeded to the kingdom of the West-Saxons, and held it one and thirty winters. This Kenwal ordered the old20 church at Winchester [Map] to be built in the name of St. Peter. He was the son of [his father] Cynegils.
Note 20. This epithet appears to have been inserted in some copies of the "Saxon Chronicle" so early as the tenth century; to distinguish the "old" church or minster at Winchester from the "new", A.D. 903.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 645. This year King Kenwal was driven from his dominion by King Penda.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 646. This year King Kenwal was baptized.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 652. This year Kenwal fought at Bradford by the Avon [Map].
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 658. This year Kenwal fought with the Welsh at Pen, and pursued them to the Parret. This battle was fought after his return from East-Anglia, where he was three years in exile. Penda had driven him thither and deprived him of his kingdom, because he had discarded his sister.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 660. This year Bishop Egelbert [aged 35] departed from Kenwal; and Wina held the bishopric three years. And Egbert accepted the bishopric of Paris, in Gaul, by the Seine.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 661. This year, at Easter, 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, 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].
Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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In 672 Cenwalh King of Wessex died.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 672. This year died King Cenwal; and Sexburga his queen held the government one year after him.
Bede. 673. Eleutherius was the fourth bishop of the West Saxons; for Birinus was the first, Agilbert the second, and Wine the third. When Coinwalch, in whose reign the said Eleutherius was made bishop, died, his under-rulers took upon them the kingdom of the people, and dividing it among themselves, held it ten years; and during their rule he died, and Heddi succeeded him in the bishopric, having been consecrated by Theodore [aged 71], in the city of London; during whose prelacy, Cadwalla [aged 14], having subdued and removed those rulers, took upon him the government. When he had reigned two years, and whilst the same bishop still governed the church, he quitted his sovereignty for the love of the heavenly kingdom, and, going away to Rome, ended his days there, as shall be said more fully hereafter.
Before Cenwalh King of Wessex and Seaxburh Queen of Wessex were married. He the son of King Cynegils of Wessex.
[his son] Cenfus Wessex was born to Cenwalh King of Wessex.
Kings Wessex: Son of King Cynegils of Wessex
Great x 3 Grandfather: Cerdic King Wessex -2 x Great Grandson of Cerdic King Wessex
Great x 2 Grandfather: Cynric King Wessex son of Cerdic King Wessex
Great x 1 Grandfather: Cutha Wessex son of Cynric King Wessex
Grandfather: Ceol King Wessex Grandson of Cynric King Wessex
father: King Cynegils of Wessex son of Ceol King Wessex
Cenwalh King of Wessex son of King Cynegils of Wessex