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From around 480 AD Saxons from the south and Jutes from east invaded and began settling in the area and establishing a sub-kingdom probably with [[Middlesex|Middle Saxon]] overlords. At this time the area was sparsely populated and almost entirely forested. There was a local truce recorded in c.500 (possibly as a result of the [[Battle of Badon Hill]]) and only north and east Surrey were retained by the [[Anglo-Saxons]]. The westward expansion into British territory continued from c.550AD with some local British communities becoming marooned within the confines of Saxon Surrey, probably around [[Walton-on-Thames]]. From [[568]] the eastern border of Surrey and Kent is agreed and marked by a ditch. Local tribes named [[Æschingas|''Æschingas'']], [[Godhelmingas|''Godhelmingas'']] (around [[Godalming (hundred)|Godalming]]), [[Tetingas|''Tetingas'']] (around [[Tooting]]), [[Woccingas|''Woccingas'']] (between [[Woking]] and [[Wokingham]]), [[Basingas|''Basingas'']] (the [[Blackwater Valley]]) and [[Sonningas|''Sonningas'']] (around [[Sonning]]) are known to have existed.

In [[661]] the sub-kingdom took [[Mercia]] as its overlord. In [[675]] Surrey became one of the last portions of [[England]] to convert to [[Christianity]] when its sub-King [[FrithuwaldFrithuwold of Surrey|FriþuwaldFrithuwold]] and his son were baptised. The name of the area at this time is recorded as ''Sudergeona'' or "southern region". In [[685]] Surrey changed allegiance and took [[Wessex]] as its overlord. In [[690]] the western border of Surrey was settled with [[Wessex]]; the tribal territory of the ''Sonningas'' became part of [[Berkshire]] and the ''Basingas'' became part of [[Hampshire]]. In [[705]] Surrey was transferred from the Middle Saxon diocese of [[London]] to the West Saxon [[diocese of Winchester]]. After [[771]] Surrey came under the rule of [[Offa of Mercia]] and was so until [[823]] when Surrey reverted to [[Wessex]] and so remained. Some historians have also speculated that the ''Nox gaga'' and the ''Oht gaga'' tribes listed in the Mercian [[Tribal Hidage]] refers to two distinct groups living in Surrey. They were valued together at 7,000 [[hide_(unit)|hides]].

'''Sub Kings and ''Eorldermen'' of Surrey'''

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* [[Frithuwold of Surrey|FriþuwaldFrithuwold]] (c.673 - 675)

* FriþuricFrithuric (675 - c.686)

an unknown series of ''sub regulus'' until;