East Saxons — Minor Figures

3 figures from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Suidhelm

king · first appears Book III · Chap. XXII

• Book III · Chap. XXII · mentor: Cedd “who was baptized by the same Cedd”
• Book III · Chap. XXII · with Ethelwald “and Ethelwald, king of the East Angles, brother to Anna, king of the same people, received him as he came forth from the holy font.”

Sighard

king · first appears Book IV · Chap. XI

• Book IV · Chap. XI · parent: Sebbi “Sighard, who was the son of that same king and monk”
• Book IV · Chap. XI · siblings with Suefred “Sighard, who was the son of that same king and monk, and who reigned after him jointly with his brother Suefred”

Suefred

king · first appears Book IV · Chap. XI

• Book IV · Chap. XI · siblings with Sighard “Sighard, who was the son of that same king and monk, and who reigned after him jointly with his brother Suefred”

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Extracted from the original text of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England. Made with Rho MD.