Monument record RLM 098 - According to Bede, the seat of East Anglian Royal House of Wuffingas was at Rendlesham

According to Bede, the seat (Vicus regius) of East Anglian Royal House of Wuffingas was at Rendlesham in c. AD660 (S1)(S2)(R1)(R2).

Bede Historia Ecclesiastica book 3 ch 22 (translation from Penguin edition 1955):
' Sigbert was succeeded as king [of the East Saxons] by Swidhelm, son of Sexbald, who had been baptised by Cedd in the province of the East Angles at the king’s country seat of Rendlesham, that is Rendil’s House; his godfather was Aethelwald King of the East Angles.'

' Successit autem Sigeberto in regnum Suidhelmus, filius Sexbaldi, qui baptizatus est ab ipso Cedd in provincia Orientalium Anglorum, in vico regio, qui dicitur Rendelsham, id est, Mansio Rendili; suscepitque eum ascendentem de fonte sancto Ethelwaldus rex ipsius gentis Orientalium Anglorum, frater Annæ regis eorundem.'

Archaeological investigations from 2008-2024 have confirmed the likely location of the settlement and royal complex. See RLM 013 royal compound, great hall and buildings, see RLM 044 and RLM 036 for wider settlement.

Formerly recorded as RLM MISC