We would like to thank our Patrons and Benefactors for their support and for their commitment to the Sutton Hoo Ship’s Company. If you would like to get involved with the Sutton Hoo Ship’s Company by becoming a Patron or Benefactor please email contact@saxonship.org and we will be in touch.
Patrons, Partners and Benefactors
Sir Simon Jenkins FSA FSRL
“The Sutton Hoo site is of considerable importance to our understanding of so many different aspects of life for our forebears in early England. What could be a more dramatic way of bringing it to life than the resurrection of this imposing royal vessel and its launch on the nearby river? I have to admire…
The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights
What could be more appropriate to the reconstruction of the Sutton Hoo ship than support from the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights? The members of this ancient livery Company have been engaged in our project from very early days. The Sutton Hoo Ship’s Company – and indeed Woodbridge Riverside Trust – are very grateful for…
Institute for Digital Archaeology
We are delighted to have formed a partnership with the Institute for Digital Archaeology, based in Oxford. The Institute is headed up by Roger Michel who has a particular interest in Anglo-Saxon studies. As well as financial support (for which we are very grateful), the Institute has huge expertise in digital imaging and visualising ancient artefacts and are helping with…
Sir Robin Knox-Johnson
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston CBE is a British sailor, who in 1969 became the first person to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe. Along with Sir Peter Blake he won the second Jules Verne Trophy, for which they were also named the ISAF Yachtsman of the Year award. In 2007, at the age of 67, he set a record…
John McCarthy
“I am so pleased to see the prospect of the resurrection of the burial ship of someone – Raedwald- who could be regarded as the first Christian king of England or at least the Angles. The symbolism of this magnificent vessel as representing the culture and skills of that important time in our history cannot…
Sir Kenneth (Ken) Calman
Sir Kenneth (Ken) Calman practiced as an oncologist and was subsequently Chief Medical Officer in Scotland and then England. He became Vice Chancellor of the University of Durham, and subsequently Chancellor of the University of Glasgow. He has been Chair of the National Trust for Scotland, and Chair of Scotland’s National Library. But he might…