Toni Sihvonen (order #92780) 62.142.248.1

Toni Sihvonen (order #92780) 6
444-445: Hengist destroys Finnsburgh. Haesta raids in
southeast Britain.
Phase -2: 446-461
Haesta conquers a foothold in Britain outside Hengist’s
expanding cyningdom. He settles his cynn there. The
Haestingas fight mercenary skirmishes against Picts and
Irish, and battle against Vortimer.
446: Hengist and Horsa land at Thanet. Haesta leads his
heorthwerod in the battle of Lindum, distinguishing himself
and attracting followers.
449: Haesta conquers a small British village which grew
up around a Roman signal station. He enslaves the populace,
and fortifies the village with a timber stockade to
defend against British raiders. His cynn and gesiths gain
small steads, founding Sedlescombe and Crowhurst.
450: Hengist is given the land of the Cantii as a brideprice
for the hand of his daughter. Haesta’s land is considered
part of the new cyningdom of Kent.
451: Haesta makes a truce with Count Tyngyr of
Anderida, the nearby Saxon Shore fort. Haesta’s brother
Anlaf marries Tyngyr’s daughter Clesni.
453: Ealac, a grizzled old Saxon raider, founds the independent
stead of Ealacsham near Haestingaceaster.
Relations between Ealac and Haesta are strained from the
beginning.
454: Haesta’s daughter Aethelic marries Uxfrea, son of
Ealdorman Oswald of Limenwara.
456: Saxons under Horsa battle Vortimer and the rebel
Britons at Aegelsthrep. The Haestingas are led by Anlaf.
457: Battle of Crecganford. Saxons defeat British rebels,
and Vortigern reaffirms their ownership of Kent. At this
time Haesta is able to take his people out from under
Hengist’s rule, establishing himself as an independent
aet heling.
458: Haesta consolidates his domains by slaying Ealac in
a duel. Haesta then claims Ealacsham, governing it
through a gerefa.
461: Cenwal, son of Anlaf, is born.
Phase -1: 462-479
The Haestingas join other Saxons against Aurelius. They
are driven from Britain, but recapture their lands upon
Au re1 ius’ death.
462: Vortimer leads another armed rebellion against his
father. The Saxons defend Vortigern, but are defeated in
a series of battles. Haesta, weakened by marsh fever, dies
in a minor skirmish, surrounded by his heorthwerod and
thegns.
463: “Long Knives.” Saxons conquer more British lands.
Haesta is succeeded as aetheling by his son, Herewulf.
Herewulf has two sons: both predecease him.
465: Count Tyngyr’s youngest son, Llywel. seeks adventure
by joining his sister among the Haestingas.
466: Haestingas and other Saxons follow Vortigern to
oppose Aurelius at lsca Dumnoniorum. Vortigern withdraws
from the battle, leaving the Saxons to be routed by
cavalry. Herewulf swears that the Haestingas will never
again serve a British leader.
469: Aurelius turns his might against the Saxons. Hengist
leads a great army of the southern Saxons - including
Herewulf and his thegns - north to Deira, while Aesc
stays behind, ready to take his people back to the continent
if Hengist loses. The Saxons mass against Aurelius on
the field of Maisbeli south of Conigsbrough. The Britons
smash the Saxons, who flee to Conigsbrough. There they
fight another great battle, until Hengist dies. Herewulf is
seriously wounded at Conigsbrough, and is carried off the
field by his heorthwerod. Rather than staying near Eoforic
(Eburacum) - where Oda and Eosa will soon submit to
Aurelius - Herewulf flees back to Haestingaceaster, and
from there to the continent, joining the retreat from Kent
led by Aesc. Herewulf swears to return. Cenwal’s mother,
Clesni, dies of marsh fever.
473: Aesc returns from the continent leading a huge fleet
of Saxons. They sweep over the kingdom of Kent, recapturing
their farms and homesteads. Herewulf retakes the
lands of the Haestingas. He is greatly helped by a Frankish
warrior named Theobald, a distant relation of both
Hengist and Aelle. Herewulf rewards Theobald with a
stead, founding Bexlea.
475: Cenwal of Haestingas weds Wulfwynn, daughter of
Siward of Limenwara, son of Sigebyrht of Limenwara.
476: Ealac’s grandson Eafa comes of age, submits to
Herewulf, and is recognized as Ealdorman of Ealacsham.
477: Aelle lands against the Regnenses and defeats them
in battle. Tyngyr, Count of Anderida and Herewulf’s
uncle-in-law, appeals to the Haestingas for help. Herewulf
persuades Aelle to leave Anderida alone.
478: Herewulf dies of a lung fever, never having truly
healed from the wounds he received at Conigsbrough. He
leaves no sons. His cousin Cenwal, descended from
Tyngyr on his mother’s side and cynn to the Limenwara
by marriage, becomes Aetheling of the Haestingas.
479: Paschent’s fleet lands at Lindisfarne, destroying a
new monastery there. Cenwal lets his thegns join
Paschent if they wish, but does not join the invasion himself.