Tomsaete
The Tomsaete or Tomsæte (dwellers of the Tame valley
An Anglo-Saxon charter of 849 describes an area of Cofton Hackett in the Lickey Hills south of Birmingham as "the boundary of the Tomsæte and the Pencersæte",[4] and another charter of 835 describes Humberht as "Princeps of the Tomsæte",[5] suggesting that the group retained its identity long after being subsumed into Mercia.[6] The said boundary between Tomsæte and the Pencersæte often had Late Iron Age hill forts that also served as collecting points for territorial produce.[7] As part of Mercia, the Tomsaete was considered an important early group that settled in the heartland.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Willenhall History". www.historywebsite.co.uk. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ^ Appleby Magna History Archived 2009-09-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "A historical timeline of Wirksworth" Archived 2012-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 0-85115-276-7. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
- ^ "Humberht 1". Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
- ^ ISBN 0-415-24211-8. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
- ISBN 9789400761599.
External links
- "Wirksworth Roman Project"
- On Google Book Search:
- D. P. Kirby, The Earliest English Kings
- Barbara Yorke, Kings and kingdoms of early Anglo-Saxon England