 Rædwulf became king when Æthelred son of Eanred was deposed.Coins from his reign are known, but other than a report of his death fighting pagans (i.e., Vikings) in Roger of Wendover's "Flores Historiarum", nothing more is recorded of him.Annals incorporated in "Flores Historiarum" date this reign to 844, but the annalist's chronology is not necessarily reliable.