King Penda

The Ancient Village of Pendley, formerly situated on Pendley Manor, Dacorum Hundred, Hertfordshire, UK, was probably named for, or had a link to, the Dark Ages Anglo-Saxon King Penda. He was known as the Last Pagan King of England and a great warring King and the killer of Kings and Saints. King Penda was killed in 655 A.D. at the Battle of Winwaed.

The subject of this drawing is King Redwald of East Anglia (Died AD 617/25). Redwald was probably the Dark Age King buried at Sutton Hoo. King Penda may have looked similar to Redwald when dressed for battle. This drawing depicts relics found in the royal burial at Sutton Hoo.

Link to Redwald

Sutton Hoo Anglo-Saxon Royal Burial

The Anglo Saxons

Germania


The Anglo-Saxon heptarchy
Stockaded homestead of a Saxon chieftain.	Angles, Saxons and Jutes invading Britain by sea
	Mercian Overlordship during the Reign of King Penda (626-655)
	Watling Street borders Pendley to the south. Icknield Way is only about a 1/2 mile to the north. Pendley is only about a mile from where they meet (east southeast). Roman Roads in Britain