In genealogy, a detailed chronology, a time line, is very helpful in understanding a family's story. A time line is also very helpful in understanding the history of a people. The following outline gives a rough chronology for the Welsh nation from its beginnings until just before the Norman invasion. The dates are combined from a number of sources and are roughly accurate plus or minus 5 years or so. [Dates varied between sources depending upon how their calender was kept.] So here goes:
429 A.D. last of legions sail from Britain-Cunedda comes from Manaw Gododdin (Antonie Wall)
446 A.D. appeal of Britons to Aetius
447 A.D. Welsh history started-"Days as dark as night" (Annales Cambriae)
449 A.D. King Vortigern - listed - PICTS WAR
Saxons "invited" to settle in Britain
470 A.D. "Welsh" term first used by Saxons (The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles)
473 A.D. Hengest/Aese - fought the Welsh - SAXON WARS
500 A.D. Cadwallon ap Einion ap Cunedd - begins Welsh Rulers
516-517 A.D. The "Battle of Badon"- Arthur
570 A.D. Saint Asaph - St. Asaph founded
597 A.D. St. Augustine sent to Britian - summon Celtic church to Catholic faith
603 A.D. Scots invade Northumbia
613 A.D. Battle of Chester - Northumbia invades
615 A.D. Bangor-Is-coed destroyed by Northumbian army
655 A.D. loss of Shropshire area to Mercians - Kings of Britain killed
664 A.D. Synod of Whitby - Roman Catholic Church Calender adopted in Wales
682 A.D. Cadwaladr ap Cadwallon died on trip to Rome
More to come!
Hi! I just found this blog today, thanks to Twitter. A couple/three years back, I learned that we have Welsh ancestry and for years have known that we have Jones roots, but just didn't know that Jones was Welsh until a few years back.
ReplyDeleteI love reading and learning about an ancestry and a heritage that I didn't know until recently that I had, and I'm also hoping (and praying) that reading your blog can help me discover more about my Jones' roots!