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Anglo Saxon Chronicles - 457AD to 477AD - the Haestingas !
 
The entry from the Chronicles

Original text
There is no reference to Hastings in the early Chronicles but a timeline gives some clues

Timeline: (extracts from Anglo Saxon Chronicles)
449AD Martianus and Velentinian took over Britain and ruled it for 7 years(to 456AD)
449AD The Angles are invited to Britain by Vortigern and landed at Ebbsfleet in Thanet
449AD they succeeded in taking over Kent for King Vortigern and were given land in South East Kent
455AD Henghest and Horsa fought King Vortigern at Rochester and took over
456AD they fought at Crayford and took over Kent (possibly killing Martianus and Velentinian)
Hastings probably settled after 456AD but could be as early as 450AD but must be before 477AD
477AD Aelle landed at Shoreham and fought the Britons and drove some into the Forest
485AD Aelle fought again at Binstead and took over Chichester
491AD Aelle attacked Pevensey and killed everyone there
495AD Cerdic and Cynric landed at Ichenor and fought the Britons
501AD Port landed at Portsmouth and killed more Britons

The landings started in Kent and spread along the South coast towards the West, each invasion ignoring the land of previous ones. So this would mean that the Kingdom of Hastings would have been settled between the final rule of Martianus and Velentinian in AD465 and the landing of Aelle in AD477 a period of 12 years.

Conclusion

The Kingdom of the Haestingas is likely to have been settled sometime between AD457 and AD477, probably in the early part of this time to allow them to expand before potentially coming into contact with Aelle and Henghest.

Possible interpretation of the Chronicles

The majority of this article is conjecture, but logically it fits together especially in with regards to the East West invasion details from the Anglo Saxon Chronicles , please click on the following links for much more detailed investigations The Kingdom of the Haestingas and Alfred the Great's fort in Hastings where was it ??.

For details of the Jute expansion in Kent
Invaders 1 - Henghest, Horsa and Æsc - conquest of Kent
For details of the Saxon invasion of West Sussex
Invaders 2 - Aelle Cymen Wlenca Cissa - conquest of West Sussex
For details of the Saxon invasion of Wessex
Invaders 2 - Aelle Cymen Wlenca Cissa - conquest of West Sussex



Map showing the reported locations of the Jutes and Saxons
 
Map of Aelle and his sons invasion of Sussex in 477AD
Map generated using Google My Maps 2024 - showing the Landscape, modern Counties and sea in 477AD





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