Editing Ine of Wessex (section)

=== Dumnonia and Mercia ===
In 710, Ine and Nothhelm fought against [[Geraint of Dumnonia]], according to the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'';<ref name="Swanton_42 "/> [[John of Worcester]] states that Geraint was killed in this battle.<ref name="Forester_36">John of Worcester was a twelfth-century chronicler who had access to versions of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle that have not survived to the present day.  See Campbell (ed.), ''The Anglo-Saxons'', p. 222.  For the chronicle text, see Forester, ''Chronicle'', p. 36.</ref>  It has traditionally been thought that Ine's advance brought him control of what is now [[Devon]], the new border with Dumnonia being the [[river Tamar]].<ref name="Kirby_125 "/> However, this does not match with subsequent events such as the Battle of Hehil or [[Athelstan]] driving the Britons from Isca (Exeter). The ''[[Annales Cambriae]]'', a tenth-century chronicle,<ref name="Higham_170">Higham, ''King Arthur'', p. 170.</ref> records that in 722 the British defeated their enemies at the [[Battle of Hehil]]. The "enemies" must be Ine or his people, but the location is unidentified; historians have suggested locations in both Cornwall and Devon.<ref name="Stenton_72 "/><ref name="TF_SW_273">Todd & Fleming, ''The Southwest'', p. 273.</ref>

Ine fought a battle at [[Battle of Woden's Burg (715)|Woden's Barrow]] in Wiltshire in 715, either against the [[Mercia]]ns under [[Ceolred of Mercia|Ceolred]] or together with them against an unnamed opponent; the result is not recorded. Woden's Barrow is a [[tumulus]], now called [[Adam's Grave]], at [[Alton, Wiltshire|Alton Prior]], [[Wiltshire]].<ref name="Swanton_14">Swanton, ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'', p. 14.</ref> Ine may not have recovered any of the lands north of the Thames that had belonged to the West Saxons under previous kings, but it is known that he controlled the southern bank: a charter dated 687 shows him giving land to the church at [[Streatley, Berkshire|Streatley]] on the Thames and at nearby [[Basildon, Berkshire|Basildon]].<ref name="Stenton_72 "/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=get&type=charter&id=239 |title=Anglo-Saxons.net: S 239 |access-date=19 July 2007}}</ref>