the two brothers ruled jointly as king, perhaps with another, said on no good authority to have been named Sigebert (Bromton, ap.
[3] Both refused to accept Christianity, openly practised paganism and gave permission to his subjects to worship their idols.
They repressed Christianity in favour of the indigenous English religion, allowing the worship of their people's native gods.
[5] Not long afterwards they went out to fight with the West Saxons, their army being almost wholly destroyed (Bede, Hist.
This battle was fought against Cynegils and Cwichelm of Wessex, the West Saxon kings who invaded their territory with a larger force than the East Saxons could muster in or about 626.
[4][7] The first series of BBC Four comedy Detectorists follows a group of characters searching for Sexred's lost burial place, in the hope of uncovering a Saxon hoard.