Sutton Hoo Helmet
Cotton Library
The Lindisfarne Gospels, produced in the 7th or 8th century, once belonged in the Cotton Library (an important collection of manuscripts owned by Sir Robert Bruce Cotton in the 16th century). The poem "Beowulf" was also in the collection. It describes many Anglo-Saxon beliefs and culture including ship burial. The burial of Beowulf himself displays similarities with Sutton Hoo.
King Raedwald
The first church on the site of York Minster was a wooden structure built hurriedly in 627 to provide a place to baptize Edwin, King of Northumbria. In around 616, Edwin was in East Anglia under the protection of King Raedwald. Raedwald is considered a likely candidate of the Sutton Hoo ship burial.
