Timeline

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• Prince Cynric threatens Salisbury. He says that his father, King Cerdic, backed by the kings Port and Ælle, will destroy Salisbury this summer if the countess does not submit now to him and then send her troops to help him in battle., King Cerdic marches north against Salisbury. With him is King Port, but Ælle is notably missing., The countess orders her people to the safety of the castles and city, and orders her army inside. (She keeps all the footmen and siege equipment, and sends most of the knights northward to wait at Wandborough.) The Saxons burn and pillage everywhere, but find little to eat. They lay siege to Sarum., Nantleod gives a famous speech., Aethelswith dies, succeeded by Aescwine., King Nanteleod’s army moves south. It enters Wandborough, where the king welcomes the Salisbury knights to his army. They move south towards Sarum. King Cerdic raises the siege and marches north.