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Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy

Putting things right

Dec 19, 2015

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Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy, Battle of Hastings, Corfe Castle, Edward I, Edward the Elder, Edward the Martyr, House of Wessex, regnal numbers, St. Edward the Confessor

I am going to start with a statement that too many historians prefer to ignore: England existed before 14 October 1066 and existed as a single kingdom for some of that time. So why do our monarchs’ regnal numbers ignore this? Edward the Confessor died at the beginning of that very year. Edward the Martyr…
Sutton Hoo and Raedwald of East Anglia (2011)

Dec 9, 2015

archaeology, buildings, genealogy, Science

Alfred the Great, Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy, Basil Brown, Bretwalda, British Museum, Christian convert, Defoe, East Anglia, Edith Pretty, Edward Fitzgerald, Egbert III, Kent, Raedwald, Ricardian Bulletin, St. Ethelreda, Sutton Hoo, Tranmer House, Wuffings

(originally published in the Ricardian Bulletin) Saturday 30 July saw nearly twenty of us visit Sutton Hoo, a National Trust property that overlooks Woodbridge from across the Deben. Members travelled from London, Ipswich or by themselves, using booked taxis from Woodbridge station. We were there for three and a half hours, joining an official tour…