The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle places the landing of Cerdic and his son Cynric at Cerdicesora on the Hampshire coast in 495, the founding event of the West Saxon dynasty. They immediately fought the British on landing. The historicity is debated but the episode marks the traditional origin of Wessex.
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