Sussex now became for some years subject to a period of harsh West Saxon domination. Mercian, Northumbrian, Kentish and West Saxon. It resulted in a West Saxon victory. Danelaw contrasts with West Saxon law and Mercian law. The clash at "" culminated in a West Saxon victory. Dunheved was the Southwestern Brittonic name for the town in the West Saxon period. Hatton 38 is noted as being written in the latest Kentish form of West Saxon. The Late West Saxon dialect eventually became dominant. Old English existed in a number of forms, such as West Saxon, Kentish and Anglian. Sussex had evidently broken away from West Saxon domination some time before this. By this point Surrey had clearly passed out of West Saxon control. At the time, Mercia was ruled by the West Saxon kings. Ine was the most durable of the West Saxon kings, reigning for 38 years. Cornwall is not recorded as being under West Saxon, or English, law. The biggest differences occurred between West Saxon and the other groups.