
1.5 The Life and Times of Penda I
The History of England
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Pender, a Lord's Household
When the converted east saxon king died in six 16, his sons hadn't converted. But like good pagans, they were happy for things to continue. And so they went to their new bishop of london and told him he could keep going just so long as the supply of magical bread kept coming well. It's likely that news about these goings on would have reached pooper's hall. Though we know nothing at all, of course, about pender's upbringing or early life. We are told by bede that pender had 11 brothers, thinkof, and it's likely there was one sister. Although we don't know her name, we know that she would marry
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