Wulfhere of Mercia, Penda's son, launched an aggressive campaign against Wessex in 661, ravaging as far as the Berkshire Downs (Ashdown) and seizing the Isle of Wight, which he gave to the South Saxon king Aethelwalh along with Surrey. This demonstrates that Mercian ambitions under Penda's successors remained unchecked for decades after the Battle of the Winwaed.
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