Welcome to Dr Sam Newton’s Wuffings’ Website Website, which aims to provide a focus for the study of Sutton Hoo and the history and culture of the Wuffing Kingdom of East Anglia, Beowulf, and beyond.
Header-picture above: Æt Hrædwaldes-Cyninges-Hlæwe, ‘At Rædwald’s King’s Barrow’ (©Dr Sam Newton 2013, 2025).
Please scroll down for information about (1) Wuffing Education study-days, study-mornings, and other events (2) my weekly seminars, (3) available lectures, (4) about me and my works, (5) my books and other publications, and (6) some old but still occasionally useful resources for Wuffing & Sutton Hoo Studies. You might also be interested in my YouTube channel . I also make occasional Wuffing Education uploads on the Facebook.
Events (live and online) scheduled so far this Autumn (2025)
Two Live Evening Talks at the White Lion, Lower Ufford, Suffolk IP13 6DW (by the River Deben halfway between Sutton Hoo and Rendlesham). Ticket options for the talks with or without tucker beforehand – offering complete nourishment for mind and body! Please book at the pub: e.mail – info@uffordwhitelion.co.uk or ‘phone 01394 460770
Thursday 28th August 2025
Monday 22nd September 2025
Weekly Morning Seminars in Sutton Hoo and Beowulf Studies 2025, live and online
Picture above: detail from the book-cover created by artist Michael Leonard for the translation of Beowulf by David Wright (Panther 1970) (©with kind permission of the Estate of the late Michael Leonard).
Beginning in the week of the Autumn Equinox, an ongoing seminar-series exploring the great Old English poem Beowulf, one of the primary cultural documents from the early history of the English-speaking peoples. We shall consider it closely, along with related texts, languages, landscapes, history, archaeology, and art, attempting thus to chart something of the forgotten soundscapes of the “Golden Age” associated with the Sutton Hoo ship-burial.
For schedules and bookings, please click on the links below.
Online on Monday mornings and Live on Wednesday mornings
Study-days and study-mornings scheduled so far this autumn
Friday 17th October 2025
Earl Bigod and the Battle of Fornham (17th October 1173) – an online study-day with Dr Sam Newton FSA
Above: The great Bigod castle of Framlingham from the west (©Dr Sam Newton 2004, 2025)
An anniversary special on the Battle of Fornham St Genevieve, which took place at the crossing of the River Lark just north of Bury St Edmunds on 17th October 1173. The battle broke the power of the coalition of earls, including that of old Hugh Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, who had joined the rebellious Prince (‘Young King’) Henry’s war against his father, King Henry II. We shall look at the events leading up to the battle, with special attention to the part played by Hugh Bigod (then in his eighties) and his castles of Framlingham and Bungay. We shall consider the building of the royal castle of Orford, and the sieges of Walton Castle (Old Felixstowe), Dunwich, and Haughley Castle by the earls’ forces, before the decisive battle itself.
– click here for the full programmes on Eventbrite –
– please note that these events are not recorded –
Also…
If you wish to book me to deliver a lecture or study-day, click here for a selection of titles.
About Me and My Works
My Books:
1. The Reckoning of King Rædwald (2003)
2. The Origins of Beowulf and the pre-Viking Kingdom of East Anglia (1993)
My more recent published papers, such as “The Forgotten History of St Bótwulf (Botolph)” (2016), can be downloaded from my page on Academia.
Resources for Wuffing Studies:
Wuffings’ Who Was Who (genealogical & historical information)
Sutton Hoo: Burial-Ground of the Wuffings (some of the wonders of the royal ship-burial)
Wuffing and Related Places of Interest (sites where the Wuffings walked; and more) – work in progress
In Defence of the Wuffings (Book Review) – my response to some of Professor Martin Carver’s theories about Sutton Hoo and the kings of East Anglia.
Sutton Hoo: Burial-Ground of Dissidents? – further thoughts on Professor Martin Carver’s theories about Sutton Hoo.
Some Wuffing Studies’ reading lists
Some Old Links to related Websites
