King Vortigern striking a deal with a band of Germanic mercenaries that he would come to regret
The kings of Kent were not Angles or Saxons – they were actually Jutes, from the north of the Jutland Peninsula. The social organisation of Kent was significantly different from those of the other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, with only one class of noble as opposed to the two in other kingdoms, while Kentish peasants (ceorls) were also more important than those in the other kingdoms.