However, it appears that the many difficulties and contradictions in the regnal list are caused partly by the efforts of later scribes to demonstrate that each king on the list was descended from Cerdic; thus Cædwalla's genealogy must be treated with caution.
Con todo, hai moitas dificultades e contradicións nas listas de reinados, en parte causadas polos esforzos de escríbáns posteriores para tentar demostrar que cada rei da lista era descendente de Cerdic, polo que a xenealoxía de Caedwalla debe tratarse con certa precaución.