History and chronology of Ine in England

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Monarchy
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General

Civil War
House Wessex
Roman Catholic Church
Wessex Cornwall War
Wessex Devon War
Wessex Mercia War

Events

Abdication
Assassination
Battle Adam's Grave
Battle Longport
Battle Tamar
Birth
Death
Exile
Invasion Devon
Pilgrimage
Reform
Rule Devon
Rule Essex
Rule Kent
Sherborne See
Siege Taunton
Southampton
Succession
Synod

Places

Adam's Grave
Devon
Essex
Kent
Longport
River Tamar
Rome
Sherborne
Southampton
Taunton
Wessex
Whitby

Ine History of England


0660	Birth
Wessex Birth of Ine, son of Cenred
0664	Synod
Whitby The Anglo-Saxons leave the Celtic Church & join the Roman Church
0688	Abdication
Wessex Caedwalla abidicates & is succeeded by Ine
0688	Reform
Wessex Develops a Law Code, the 1st to codify a set of Saxon laws
0688	Rule of Essex
Essex Extends his rule over Essex
0688	Rule of Kent
Kent Extends his rule over Kent
0688	Succession
Wessex Succeeds as King of Wessex
0694	Reform
Wessex Issues his new law code which enables Ine to rule Wessex as a single unit
Wessex The sub-kingdoms are replaced by shires, similar to modern counties
0706	Sherborne See
Sherborne Ine founds the Sherborne see under Bishop Aldheim
0706	Southampton
Southampton Founds the town of Hamwic, Southampton
0709	Invasion of Devon
Devon Ine invades Devon after Geraint of Dumnonia refuses to join the Roman Church
0710	Battle of Longport
Longport Geraint is killed & Devon falls under West Saxon rule
0710	Invasion of Devon
Devon Ine invades Devon after Geraint of Dumnonia refuses to join the Roman Church
0710	Rule of Devon
Devon Geraint is killed & Devon falls under West Saxon rule
0715	Battle of Adam's Grave
Adam's Grave Ine defeats Ceolred
0721	Assassination
Ine assassinates Cynewulf
0721	Exile
Ine sends Ealdbert into exile
0722	Battle of Tamar
River Tamar Ine is defeated by the Cornish & forced to retreat
0722	Siege of Taunton
Taunton Taunton is destroyed by Ine's Queen, Athelburh, in a failed attempt to find Ealdbert
0725	Death
Death of Ealdbert, Ine kills Ealdbert & ends the civil war
0726	Abdication
Ine abdicates & retires to Rome as a pilgrim
0728	Death
Death of Ine, as a pilgrim in Rome
Rome Death of Ine, as a pilgrim in Rome
0728	Pilgrimage Ine
Rome Ine travels to Rome