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Beorhtric (meaning "magnificent ruler"; also
spelled Brihtric) (died 802) was the King of Wes**** from 786 to 802,
succeeding Cynewulf.
During his rule...
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thegn who
attended court from the late 980s onwards, and his
siblings as
Brihtric, Ælfric, Goda, Æthelwine, Æthelweard, and Æthelmær, of whom the last is...
- ****embled at Sandwich, Kent to meet a
threatened Viking invasion.
There Brihtric,
brother of
Eadric Streona,
brought unknown charges against Wulfnoth before...
- held by
Brihtric — most
likely the same
Brihtric who was the
brother of
Eadric Streona the
Ealdorman of
Mercia from 1007 to 1017. Both
Brihtric and Eadric...
- that the
source was out by a year his
abbacy lasted from c. 1005 to 1027.
Brihtric I c. 1027 c. 1050 The
Annals of
Burton state he died Sa****ay 20 April...
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between 955 and 959 King
Eadwig gave a
further holding of five
hides to
Brihtric. The
parish of
Yeovilton was part of the
hundred of Somerton,
while Podimore...
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rebellion was
provoked by
unjust charges brought by
Eadric Streona's brother,
Brihtric. The Life of
Edward the Confessor,
commissioned by his
widow Edith, who...
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Northmannus filius Leofuuini ducis,
frater scilicet Leofrici comitis), and
Brihtric, son of Ælfheah,
governor of Devon, were
killed with him,
although blameless...
- and as ‘Brychtlingeseye’ in the
Charter Rolls in 1253. The name
means ‘
Brihtric’s island’ or ‘Beorhtric’s island’. (Cf.
Eilert Ekwall, ‘The
Concise Oxford...
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probably a
modern derivation of an
Anglo Saxon personal name, such as
Brihtric or Beorhtweald, holm
indicates land
surrounded partly by streams, while...
