The First Vikings On The British Isles - 789 AD

[@keithalexander7953]

What a great start! Imagine how polished you'll be in a year, five years, or ten. Keep it up!

[@historyworks19]

Keith Alexander thank you very much, it means a lot :)

[@garywhiterow]

Great vid.

[@historyworks19]

W thank you 😊

[@chieffamilygenealogyoffice621]

Keep up the good work!

[@historyworks19]

Chief Family Genealogy Officer thank you very much :)

[@rupertmiller9690]

Okay, I've got room in my subs for more history. Bring it.

[@timothysutton9927]

Well done. I look forward to your next video.

[@historyworks19]

Thank you very much, I really appreciate that 😄

[@ravenmorris4229]

Thanks, great video.

[@historyworks19]

Raven Morris thanks for watching :)

[@molly-b2]

Great visuals and interesting content. (I never knew the Vikings got as far south as invading Paris) Although, I really had to strain to be able to hear the narration. Maybe turn up the volume on the next one? Otherwise.... good job 😊

[@historyworks19]

Thank you very much I’m glad you found it interesting, yes sorry about that I think it’s to do with the room that I was in whilst recording but I’ll certainly fix that for my next video :)

[@MarcDufresneosorusrex]

Aidan "was sent?" from Scotland.. darn what brought him to Scotland int the first place?

[@Shaden0040]

Great video. It is a bit on the quiet side. Increase the recording levels by 25% - 50%.

[@historyworks19]

Pup314 thank you, I’ll make a note of it for the next one I do.

[@corytucker6668]

Awesome video nicely detailed. I wonder why we still accept lindisfarne as the start of the viking age. It seems though unless you're interested in the subject most people don't know about these early attacks. I've been tracing my paternal line in england which came from the norwegian vikings most likely in the southern danelaw judging by the latest research on l448 haplogroups. My paternal ancestors have been in devon england for hundreds of years after migrating westward and while doing my research I didn't know about the viking raids in devon and also the Scandinavian earls there like pallig tokeson. Our surname is Tucker, also spelt tooker or toukere. Its my belief they are connected to the tooks or toke/tokis of devon and norfolk/suffolk. The familys dna hails from the vestfold kingdom around modern oslo.

[@historyworks19]

Hey thanks for commenting, although it's recorded in the Anglo Saxon chronicle the widespread knowledge about the first attack in 789AD unfortunately just isn't there, it sure doesn't get the awareness it deserves. Thankfully In the past couple of years I have seen more experts talking about the subject so I'm hopeful it will gain more in popularity. I find listening to other peoples ancestry fascinating! it's one of my favourite topics, Scandinavian surnames are often a mystery to research (or at least for me as I also have a Viking surname but am struggling to find my ancestral roots.) If you find more information about your ancestry please feel free to comment your findings as I would love to hear more.😃

[@corytucker6668]

@@historyworks19 I am the same way, I love learning about my family's ancestry. I am also having trouble finding my ancestors past the 1200s to 1100s. Theres a big legend surrounding the Tuckers of devon that the family was started by a norman knight named John tucker who fought at Hastings and was given a coat of arms around 1080. This legend is unfortunately everywhere when it comes to the tucker origin story but its not true at all. Someone mistook page numbers as dates in the harliean Manuscripts for the coat of arms. I found the real family tree from devon on an online library and it clearly shows John tucker lived at the end of the 1400s in devon not the 11th century. Plus like I said our dna shows place and time we were in england before the battle of hastings and judging by other dna samples in the area we were most likely from the danelaw.

[@historyworks19]

@@corytucker6668 t certainly sounds like a hard task but I'm sure you'll figure it all out. My ancestors where also Norwegian Vikings, however we are not sure how and when they came to England, our theory is that they either came over as mercenary's fighting alongside Harold Hardrada during his invasion in 1066 or the other being that they emigrated to northern Scotland some time before the Norman conquest (the northern parts of Scotland such as the Orkney Islands where then owned by Norway) this is when they slowly made their way down to England, but who knows to be honest. I enjoy coming up with theory's like that.

[@corytucker6668]

@@historyworks19 trust me I know what thats like. I've been going through endless theories for months now. It can drive one mad lol. I like your theories though, it would be awesome to have some connection to hardrada. I will continue to look through the murky past, the only real lead I have as of now is I know for certain the tuckers of devon are related to the tookers of East southern england.

[@corytucker6668]

To give you an update I found what seems to be a census of Devon england in the 1300s. It seems to point me sort of in the right direction on Tucker and toke being related. Devon Lay Subsidy of 1332 Littleham: William Tokere - 10d, Gilbert Toker - 18d. Crediton: John Toukere - 8d, Walter Toukere - 12d, William le Toukere - 8d. West Budleigh: William Toker - 18d. Hemyock: Ralph Toukere - 8d. Clifford Barton (Dunsford): Henry Toukere - 8d. Chudleigh: Richard Toukere - 18d. Bovey Tracey: Henry Tokere - 10d. Kingsteignton: Edward Toukere - 18d, Richard Toukere - 18d. Wray Barton (Mortonhampstead): John Tokere de Plumlegh - 8d. Lustleigh: Nicholas Tokere - 24d. Bridestowe: John Toker - 16d, Roger Toker - 14d. Chilsworthy (Holsworthy): Thomas le Toker - 8d. Bondleigh: Nicholas Toukere - 8d. East Buckland: Gilbert Toukere - 8d, John Toukere - 12d. Bradiford in Pilton: Walter Toukere - 8d. Kentisbury: Richard le Touker - 9d. Kerswell (Broadhembury): Gervase le Toukere - 9d. Payhembury: William le Toukere - 12d. Sheldon: Richard le Toukere - 12d. Broadhembury: Emma Toukere - 8d. Harberton: John Toukere - 14d. Bearscombe (Buckland Tout Saints): William Toker - 10d. Fardell (Cornwood): John Tokere - 8d. Kingsbridge: Walter Toukere - 12d, William Toukere - 8d. Barnstaple: Reginald Toker - 12d. South Molton:Phillip son of Roger le Touker - 18d, Robert le Toukere - 18d, Phillip le Toukere - 12d, Adam le Toukere - 48d, John le Touker - 30d. Kenton: Thomas Toukere - 24d. Modbury: Walter Touker - 144d.