Cuthwine, killed in battle 584, son of Ceawlin and father of Cutha or Cuthwulf, did not rule. “A.D. 577. This year Cuthwine and Deawlin fought with the Britons, and slew three kings . . . and took from them three cities, Gloucester, Cirencester, and Bath.” (“The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle,” 577, 854, 854). (See: “The Rise of Wessex,” Trelawney D. Reed, p. 31).55