Medieval Berkshire

Anglo-Portuguese agreement to support eachother in international affairs

871 battle at Reading

871 battle in Berkshire

The Gewisse ( ; ) were a tribe or ruling clan of the Anglo-Saxons. Their first location, mentioned in early medieval sources, was the upper Thames region, around Dorchester on Thames. However, some scholars suggest that the Gewisse had origins among the ancient Britons at Cair-Caratauc (Old Sarum) in Wiltshire. According to Saxon folklore, the Gewisse were the founders of the kingdom of Wessex.

battle on 31 December 870 at Englefield, near Reading

short-lived treated signed during the time of the Norman invasion of Ireland