- Watt of Sussex
Watt was a King of Sussex, reigning jointly with Noðhelm at least between
692 and705 . He is known only from charters.Charter evidence
He witnessed a charter from Noðhelm in 692 [cite web |url=http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+45 |title=S 45 |accessdate=2008-01-08 |last=Miller |first=Sean |quote=A.D. 692. Nothhelm (Nunna), king of Sussex, to Nothgyth, his sister; grant, in order to found a minster, of 33 hides (cassati) at Lidsey, Aldingbourne, Lenstedegate (? Westergate in Aldington) and (North) Mundham, Sussex. Latin.] as "Wattus rex", without any indication of his territory, but it is probable that he reigned in Sussex, because he also witnessed (again as "Wattus rex") an undated charter (but before about 705) by "Bruny dux Suthsax" [cite web |url=http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+1173 |title=S 1173 |accessdate=2008-01-08 |last=Miller |first=Sean |quote=c. A.D. 700. Bruny (Bryni), dux of Sussex, to Eadberht, abbot; grant of 4 hides (manentes) Hileigh, Sussex. Latin.] together with "Nunna rex" (Nunna being the short form of Noðhelm).
He is also listed as a witness (as "Uuattus rex") of another charter, erroneously dated 775, which is believed to be a forgery. [cite web |url=http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+43 |title=S 43 |accessdate=2008-01-08 |last=Miller |first=Sean |quote=A.D. 775 for c. 705 x c. 717. Nunna, king of Sussex, to Eadberht, bishop; grant of 20 hides (tributarii) at Hugabeorgum and Dene (probably East and West Dean near Chichester). Latin with English bounds.]
King of the Hæstingas
According to Susan Kelly, " [t] he suggestion that Watt was king of the "Hæstingas" should be discounted; it is based solely on a misinterpretation of the place-name evidence."cite book|editor=Kelly, Susan E. |year=1998 |title=Charters of Selsey |series=Anglo-Saxon Charters 6]
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