Arthurian stuff

[Robert Vermaat]

Also Reno has it that Gewissae was a Saxon territory that eventually linked up with Wessex. Apparently there are large Saxon cemeterys, which are larger than those of the initial area of Wessex, indicating reasonable numbers and/or longevity of occupation preceeding the eventiual link up.

He speculates (but then you must about this period) that Cerdic, a celtic name, was of dual nationality, his mother being Saxon, and may have sided with the Saxons of this territory.

Well, The Gewissae were the forerunners of the West Saex, so in a sense that's correct - or did he mean that they were two different regions?

I'm not sure of Cerdic being of dual nationality - I'm more inclined to believe that later members of that family 'went over' and incorporarted the whole lineage into 'Saxon history' a good deal later.