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Beorhtsige was a
medieval Bishop of Rochester.
There is some
uncertainty about Beorhtsige's existence, but he
possibly was
consecrated between 946 and...
- May 934 Term
ended between 946 and 964
Predecessor Cyneferth Successor Beorhtsige Orders Consecration between January 933 and May 934
Personal details Died...
- 16th century. The name
probably means "Hill ****ociated with a man
called Beorhtsige", from Old
English personal name
meaning 'bright victory' and dun meaning...
- 934
Cyneferth 933 or 934 bet. 946–964
Burgric bet. 946–949 bet. 955–964
Beorhtsige bet. ? – 964 994 or 995 Ælfstan 994 or 995 bet. c. 1013 – ?
Godwine (I)...
- king of East Anglia, two
holds (Danish noblemen),
Ysopa and Oscetel, and
Beorhtsige, son of the ætheling Beornoth, who was
probably a
kinsman of the former...
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Rochester Appointed before 964 Term
ended between 994 and 995
Predecessor Beorhtsige Successor Godwine I
Orders Consecration before 964
Personal details Died...
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Milton Abbas, Dorset. 9
November 932 S 418a
Exeter "King Æthelstan to
Beorhtsige, abbot;
grant of 10
hides (c****atae) at
Bowers Gifford, Es****" 24 December...
- The name is
first recorded as
Brixiges stan in 1062,
meaning stone of
Beorhtsige. His
stone may have been
where early hundred meetings took place. Gower...
- late Anglo-Saxon
times the
place was
known as Stoke, and was
owned by
Beorhtsige: by 1086,
following the
Norman Conquest, it was
owned by
William de Falaise...
