Kings

[redheap]

which king as baptized in Somerset and said to be buried in Suffolk?

[Peter Pedant]

sounds like Edmund - at Bury St Edmunds.

BUT very near - there is the site of the martyrdom of Edward King and Martyr.

(But I warn you there are a few of them - at least two. Or perhaps one with histories so different they sound like different people)

[jangran]

may be King Alfred (of the burned the scones fame)

[redheap]

yes, I had a thought about St Edmund but think its too obvious for this quiz, and have not been able to find confrmation about the baptism area.

Same about Alfred, not sure he got over to Suffolk much (mainly based around Wessex etc)

Thanks for the responses though, will certainly concentrate a bit on these answers. Anyone else?

[jno]

Alfred was buried in Winchester - see here. Edmund the martyr (died in 870) does seem more likely, though I don't know anything about his baptism.

[waimarie]

What about King Harold (the one with the eye problem)

[jno]

Harold is supposed to be buried in Waltham Abbey, Essex

[Buenchico]

The 'Edmund' whose remains lie at Bury St Edmunds was King of East Anglia but not of England. ('King Edmund' usually refers the King of England who ruled nearly a hundred years after St Edmund). Since it's believed that he was born in Nuremberg and he became King of East Anglia at the age of 14, I think that it's unlikely that he will have ever visited Somerset.

Peter Pedant seems to have moved King Edward the Martyr a few hundred miles! He was killed at Corfe Castle and he was buried at Wareham Priory. His remains were later moved to Shaftesbury Abbey. Relics, possibly from his body, are now at Brookwood.

I've just checked Wikipedia's entries for all the Saxon, Dane, Norman & Plantagenet kings and it doesn't seem to be one of them. It's most likely to be one of the East Anglian kings. These are listed here: http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/eastang.html but I'll leave it for someone else to do the research.

Anyway, Redheap, shouldn't BT staff be doing something more important? :-)
I live near to BT's research centre at Adastral Park and I've often wondered what went on there. Now I know! (Confused ABers should see the original source of this question: http://www.adastral-hub.com/events_quiz.html).

Chris

[Buenchico]

Oops! Not that it's particularly important but that 2nd link, above, probably won't work because I forgot to put a space before the bracket. It should have been this:
http://www.adastral-hub.com/events_quiz.html
(Strange people at BT!).

Chris

[redheap]

Buenchico, got to have annual leave at some point, and this Christmas was spent doing quizzes with the family.

It is most likely to be one of the East Anglian kings as you surmise (but not necessarily an English king), have checked out the likes of Raedwald as the obvious answer but the difficulty does seem to lie in tracking down the baptism -back in those days it was a fair few days marching from E Anglia across to Somerset so there has to be another reason for it somewhere!

Phil

[Prog Office]

PR

Should try harder to answer this yourself - a clue it wasn't Elvis! SB

[redheap]

SB, I wasn't the first and obviously not the last!! Submitted mine this morning! Have done 4 big quizzes over Chrimbo and well quizzed-out!