Eorpwald, the ruler of East Anglia c 624, after his father died,\xa0 converted to Christianity because Edwin, the Deorian king, converted to Christianity, and managed to connect pretty\xa0 much the entire eastern coastal kingdoms of England.\xa0 So that lasted a few years, but then he got assassinated, on account of having converted to Christianity, and East Anglia became pagan again for a while. Eorpwald, the first ruler in England to be killed for being Christian, was therefore a martyr, and a saint. His murder is our crime, so we talk about that, but really, Anne gets to talk about Old English runes and the Norfolk Lavender Farm, and Michelle, to her great delight, gets to discuss Sutton Hoo, and really, that's why she put Eorpwald on our list.