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 and beyond.
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.
1. Wuffing Education Online Study-Days, Study-Mornings (Live and Online), and Lectures
Friday 16th May 2025: A New Look at Old English Runes and Runelore –
Friday 4th April 2025: The Old English Eastertide – an online study-day with Dr Sam Newton FSA evoking the magic of the old Eastertide festival with a look at its pre-Christian origins and the way in which it was celebrated in early England.
Friday 16th May 2025: A New Look at Old English Runes and Runelore – An online study-day with polymath and author Stephen Pollington looking anew at the way in which runic inscriptions enable insights into the world of the early English-speaking peoples.
Friday 23rd May: J.M.W. Turner’s East Anglian Watercolours – an online study-day with Dr Richard Hoggett FSA.
– more events to be announced soon –
– click here for the full programme on Eventbrite –
– please note that these events are not recorded –
2. Weekly Morning Seminars in Sutton Hoo Studies 2024-2025, live and online
3. If you wish to book me to deliver a lecture or study-day, click here for a selection of titles.
4. About Me and My Works
5. 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 .
Above: Dawn over Iken Hoo, where St Bótwulf (Botolph) founded his famous minster in 654. Thanks to Dominic for this picture ©Iken Canoe Hire (the best way to view Iken Hoo is from a canoe).
6. 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
