The River Idle in Nottinghamshire was the site of an important battle in 616 in which Raedwald of East Anglia defeated and killed Aethelfrith of Northumbria, restoring Edwin to the Northumbrian throne. Raedwald — widely identified with the Sutton Hoo ship burial king — was the dominant English ruler of the early 7th century. The battle on the Idle marked the high point of East Anglian power and had consequences for the entire political map of early England. It is recorded by Bede.
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