Editing Cynric (section)

== Rule ==
During his reign, as described in the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'', the Saxons expanded into [[Wiltshire]] against strong resistance and captured ''Searobyrig'', or [[Old Sarum]], near [[Salisbury, England |Salisbury]], in 552. In 556, he and his son [[Ceawlin of Wessex|Ceawlin]] won a battle against the [[Britons (historic)|Britons]] at ''Beranburh'', now identified as [[Barbury Castle]].{{Sfn|Myres|1989 |p=162}} If these dates are accurate, then it is unlikely that the earlier entries in the ''Chronicle'', starting with his arrival in [[Great Britain|Britain]] with his father Cerdic in 495, are correct. [[David Dumville]] has suggested that his true regnal dates are 554–581.<ref name="babs133">Barbara Yorke: ''Kings and Kingdoms of early Anglo-Saxon England'', Routledge, London-New York 2002, {{ISBN|978-0-415-16639-3}}, p. 133.</ref> Some note that Ceawlin's origin and relationship with Cynric are obscure. Chroniclers merely suggested that they were relatives or that he was Cynric's son to legitimize the later Wessex lineage.<ref name=":1" />