 According to the East Anglian tally from the Textus Roffensis , Wehha was the son of Wilhelm . The 9th century History of the Britons lists both Wehha , who is named as ' Guillem Guercha ' , as the first king of the East Angles , and his son and successor Wuffa , after whom the dynasty was named . It has been claimed that the name Wehha was a hypocoristic version of <unk> , from the Anglo @-@ Saxon poem Beowulf , which , along with evidence such as the finds discovered at Sutton Hoo in 1939 , suggests a connection between the Wuffingas and a Swedish dynasty , the <unk> . 
