Event: Law-making/legislationWihtred 1.council of Kent
Scholarly Info
| Description |
At a deliberative assembly, the leading men [Anonymi 721] devised the decrees and added them to the lawful usages of the people of Kent |
| Year |
695 |
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Primary Source Info
| Date from Source |
In the fifth year of Wihtred 1's reign, in the ninth indiction, on the sixth year of Rugern |
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Notes:
*Rugern was the Rye harvest, possibly referring to September. According to @Whitelock 1979
this points to 6 September 695.
Persons associated with this Event:
- Participant:
Beorhtwald 6
(Archbishop of Canterbury, 692-731)
- Participant:
Wihtred 1
(King of Kent, 690-725)
- Participant:
Gebmund 1
(Bishop of Rochester, 678-716)
- Participant:
Anonymi 720
(Churchmen of all ranks at Wihtred's council) : every order of the Church of that nation [Kent?] spoke in unanimity with the loyal people
- Participant:
Anonymi 721
(Leading men present at Wihtred's council) : the leading men were summoned to the assembly
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