Traditionally, Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire were settled by a Saxon group called Angles, from Angeln (South-West Denmark). Their laws show that many of them may actually have been from Frisia. They set up a kingdom called Anglia. Later it became East Anglia, as more Angles moved westward. Their first king was a man named Wuffa. His name means 'The Wolf'. He lived in the AD 570s. His family were known as the Wuffingas. They used a picture of a wolf as their family symbol. The kings lived at Rendlesham. Their pagan burial ground was at Sutton Hoo. Later, their Royal monastery was at Blythburgh. The kings built huge banks & ditches to protect their country from invasion. The most famous King of East Anglia was King Redwald. He lived in the early 7th century. Redwald was very powerful. He became the Bretwalda (High-King) of England. At first, he was a pagan; but Redwald went on holiday to Kent and became a Christian. Redwald's wife didn't want to be a Christian. She persuaded him to worship pagan gods as well. Redwald helped King Edwin take back his kingdom in Northumbria. He died around in AD 625. He was probably buried in the great ship burial at Sutton Hoo. Activity Sheets available.