Adventus Saxonum

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Across
  1. 4. The kingdom of the West Saxons
  2. 5. Minor official in charge of collected taxes and keeping the peace
  3. 7. The exiled king of Deira who allied with Raedwald to reclaim his throne
  4. 10. The kingdom of the East Angles
  5. 12. A slave, captured in battle typically
  6. 15. Like minor kings, given control over large portions of a kingdom
  7. 17. The landed nobility, served as retainers for the king
  8. 18. The Old English word for king
  9. 21. The borderland kingdom
  10. 22. Male relatives of the king who are in line for the throne
  11. 24. The king of Bernicia who ousts young Edwin and claims Deira
Down
  1. 1. One of the first two Germanic leaders to come to Britain
  2. 2. The king of East Anglia who is buried in Sutton Hoo
  3. 3. The other of the two first Germanic leaders to come to Britain
  4. 6. The son of Pybba who defeated Edwin
  5. 8. The southern half of Northumbria
  6. 9. The founder of Wessex and the supposed ancestor of King Charles III
  7. 11. The northern-most kingdom of the Heptarchy
  8. 13. The northern half of Northumbria
  9. 14. The kingdom settled by the Jutes, strong ties to Francia
  10. 16. The king of Kent who spearheaded Christianity's initial spread
  11. 19. The kingdom of the South Saxons
  12. 20. A free, non-noble, man
  13. 23. The kingdom of the East Saxons