Esc

Role: king of the men of Kent · First appears: A.D. 449–556

Life events

455 · Hengest took the kingdom with his son Esc.(A.D. 449–556)
- With: Hengest
- “Hengest afterwards took to the kingdom with his son Esc.”
457 · Hengest and Esc fought the Britons, slew four thousand, and drove them from Kent.(A.D. 449–556 · 📍 Crayford)
- With: Hengest
- “This year Hengest and Esc fought with the Britons on the spot that is called Crayford, and there slew four thousand men. The Britons then forsook the land of Kent, and in great consternation fled to London.”
457 · Hengest and Esc fought the Welsh; Wipped and twelve Welsh leaders were slain.(A.D. 449–556 · 📍 Wippedfleet)
- With: Hengest Wipped
- “This year Hengest and Esc fought with the Welsh, nigh Wippedfleet; and there slew twelve leaders, all Welsh. On their side a thane was there slain, whose name was Wipped.”
488 · Esc succeeded to the kingdom and became king of the men of Kent.(A.D. 449–556)
- “This year Esc succeeded to the kingdom; and was king of the men of Kent twenty-four winters.”

with Hengest (Joint succession/government.) “Hengest afterwards took to the kingdom with his son Esc.”
parent: Hengest “Hengest afterwards took to the kingdom with his son Esc.”
allies with Hengest “This year Hengest and Esc fought with the Britons on the spot that is called Crayford,”

Extracted from the original text of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Made with Rho MD.