Sumorsaete

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The Sumorsaete were an

Britons, but they are not mentioned by name until 845. They may have been related to the obscure Glastening or Glestinga, who may be the source of the name Glastonbury
.

Name

The name Sumorsǣte is

King Alfred coined the future county motto 'Sumorsǣte ealle' in the ninth century, he referred to the people of Somerset as the Sumortūnsǣte.[5][6][7]

History

The Sumoraete may have been related in some way to the obscure

Luit-Coyt (modern Lichfield in England). This pedigree also appears in later versions, though it is unclear if these version intend a person named "Glas" or a kindred group.[8][9]

The native

Witenagemot.[11]

The earliest fortification of

Wansdyke to the north of the Mendip Hills. Then Cenwalh of Wessex broke through at Bradford-on-Avon in 652, and the Battle of Peonnum possibly at Penselwood in 658, advancing west through the Polden Hills to the River Parrett.[13]

See also

References

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  5. ^ "The Danish Invasions". Somerset County Council archives. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
  6. ^ "Manuscript E: Bodleian MS Laud 636. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: An Electronic Edition (Vol 5) literary edition". The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Retrieved 21 January 2008.
  7. ^ "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle". Project Gutenburg. Retrieved 21 January 2008.
  8. ^ Gray, Louis H. (1935). Speculum, Vol. 10, No. 1: The Origin of the Name of Glastonbury. Medieval Academy of America. pp. 46–53.
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  11. ^ Rahtz, Phillip. "The Saxon and Medieval Palaces at Cheddar, Somerset: an Interim Report of Excavations in 1960–62" (PDF). Archaeology Data Service. Retrieved 31 March 2008.
  12. ^ Lewis, Brenda Ralph; Ford, David Nash. "Narrative History of Saxon Somerset". Britania. Retrieved 21 October 2007.
  13. ^ "Saxon Somerset". Somerset County Council: History of Somerset. Retrieved 29 October 2006.
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