King Boca

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King Boca or King Bocca was the legendary founder of the Bocking settlement in the Saxon Kingdom of Essex. He is believed to have been either a Viking or a Frisian. His people were called Beocca which means the settlement of the people of Bocca. Ann Hoffman wrote that "it is Bocca whom we honor as the founder of Bocking."

Braintree, Essex Also known as Braintree & Bocking.

[edit] Books

Bocking Deanery: The Story of an Esses Peculiar by Ann Hoffman.