Ancient England in 886 Era of King Alfred the Great (The Last Kingdom on Netflix) based on true history

Nadene Goldfoot                                         
                                                                       

British Isles in 886
Era of King Alfred the Great

This historical period is the theme of The Last Kingdom which has come out on Netflicks,  when the Vikings, called The DANES, tried to take over the island of England and our hero is of mixed blood, fathered by a Viking but happens to be a Saxon though his mother.  He is torn between being a part of one and not the other.   The story line goes faster than my mind can comprehend this fast moving and exciting drama.  Thus one needs some historic background to appreciate it because the places go by much different names than one sees in the British Isles today.

The Henwoods came from the South in the area labeled "Wessex and it's Dependencies"  which is Hampshire today.  At that time, the area was Anglo-Saxon.

I could only go back in finding family as far as the 1500s.
Descendants of John Henwood.  I had a researcher relative in England that had done all the work of finding these facts and she graciously shared them with me.  She had gone to cemeteries to find the information as well as other means.

1  [1] John Henwood b: 1538 in Medstead, Hampshire, England d: 1591
.. +Johne b: Abt. 1538 in Prob. Medstead, Hampshire, England d: 1606
*2nd Wife of [1] John Henwood:
.. +Anne b: 1540 in Prob. Medstead, Hampshire d: February 18, 1584/85 m: Abt. 1560 in Prob. Medstead, Hampshire, England
. 2  Sibbel Henwood b: 1561 d: 1576
. 2  Joan Henwood b: 1562
. 2  Thomisen Henwood b: 1564 in England
..... +Thomas Hammond b: Abt. 1564 in England
. 2  Alice Henwood b: 1567
..... +William Keene b: Abt. 1567 m: 1598
. 2  Guy Guidi Henwood b: 1570 d: 1612
..... +Purnell Lennard b: Abt. 1570 in Medstead, Hampshire, England m: 1601 in Medstead, Hampshire, England
. 2  Ide "Edith" Henwood b: 1570
..... +John Smith b: Abt. 1570
. 2  [2] Richard Henwood b: 1583
..... +Agnes Seward b: Abt. 1583 m: 1606
. *2nd Wife of [2] Richard Henwood:
..... +Mary Wellman b: Abt. 1583 m: February 26, 1607/08 in Kingsclere, Hampshire, England
*3rd Wife of [1] John Henwood:
.. +Margaret Myllet b: Abt. 1540 m: September 22, 1560 in Kingsclere, Hampshire, England

                                                                 

King Alfred-on The Last Kingdom

King Alfred the Great b: 847
reigned 871-886

Charles Ernest Henwood b: February 6, 1897 

Winchfield, Hampshire, England

 d: September 10, 1984 

and wife Dorothy Henwood

 nee Disney b: December 25, 1899

 in Hornchurch, Essex, England

 d: March 3, 1997  

with friend in middle

I think Charles would have loved

 this presentation 

of merry old England.  

Reference:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Kingdom_(TV_series)