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the inscription on the larger monument was in Anglo-Saxon, 
and contained Anglo-Saxon names, Wulfred and Eanfled 
and others ; and that on the other were four names, of which 
two are of historical interest, and enable us to determine the 
the West Saxons from A.D. 676 to 685, when he became a 
monk,* and lived for some years afterwards ; and Hedde was 
Bishop of Dorchester from A.D. 676 to 705. The alteration 
of one letter in the name Beorward would give us the name 
recognized as sepulchral by William of Malmsbury, and pro- 
bably erected early in the eighth century to the memory of 
them lately amongst the ruins of Glastonbury, was unable to 
* This fact, unnoticed by the chroniclers, who supposed him to have died A.D. 
685, appears from a poem of St. Aldhelm : — " De basilica edificata a Bugge filia 
regis Angliae." 
" Hoc templum Bugge pulcro molimine structum 
Nobilis erexit Centwini filia regis, 
Qui prius imperium Saxonum rite regebat, 
Donee praesentis contemnens culmina regni, 
Divitias mundi rerumque reliquit habenas, 
Plurima basilicis impendens rura novellis. 
Qua nunc Christicolae servant monastica jura. 
Exiu sacratam perrexit quserere vitam, 
Dum proprium linquit Christi pro nomine regnum ; 
Qui tamen ante tribus gessit certamina pugnis, 
Eb ternis pariter confecit bella triumphis. 
Sic rexit regnum plures feliciter annos, 
Donee conversus cellani migravit in almam, 
Inde petit superas meritis splendentibus arces." 
Further on, St. Aldhelm intimates that he died in the same year as Caedwalla, 
A.D. 688 ; and that he was living in that year appears from a charter, (Codex 
Diplomaticus XX V 111,) of Baldred to Aldhelm, given by bis advice and with his 
sanction, and attested by his successor Coedwalla. The genuineness of this charter 
is proved by a letter of St. Aldhelm to Winberht, Abbot of Nutshell, in which 
he speaks of the grant made by Baldred, and requests him to confirm it. Accord- 
ingly the name of Winberht appears as one of the witnesses to the charter. 
find even a fragment of them. 
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