Editing Rædwald of East Anglia (section)

==The development of Gipeswic==
During the first quarter of the 7th century, the [[Port of Ipswich|quayside settlement]] at Gipeswic ([[Ipswich]]) became an important estuarine trading centre, receiving imported goods such as pottery from other trading markets situated around the coasts of the [[North Sea]]. Steven Plunkett suggests that the founding of Gipeswic took place under the supervision of Wuffingas . It took another hundred years for the settlement to develop into a town, but its beginnings can be seen as a reflection of the personal importance of Rædwald during the period of his supremacy.<ref>Plunkett, ''Suffolk in Anglo-Saxon Times'', pp. 76–78</ref>

The excavated grave-goods of the Anglo-Saxon [[cemetery]] at Gipeswic, including those found in burials under small barrows, were not particularly wealthy or elaborate. They lacked the strong characterization of a neighbouring late 6th century cemetery at a higher crossing of the river. One exception was a furnished grave that has been suggested to be that of a visitor from the [[Rhineland]].<ref>Plunkett, ''Suffolk in Anglo-Saxon Times'', p. 130</ref>