Rupert Bruce-Mitford suggests that it is perhaps unlikely that Ecgric’s successor Anna, a devout Christian, would have given him a ship burial, but he does not dismiss the theory entirely.
Rupert Bruce-Mitford suxire que é quizais improbábel que Ecgric sucesor Anna, un devoto cristián, daríalle un enterro de barco, mais non destitúe a teoría enteiramente.