Late in the year 695, the second surviving code of Kentish Law was issued by King Wihtred in the assembly of Kent nobles and clergy held at Bearsted.*
* FM Stenton - Anglo-Saxon 2nd Ed., p.62.
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It is known
that there was a settlement at Bearsted in Anglo-Saxon times, the name being
usually rendered Berghamstyde or Berghstede - "the homestead on the
hill". Late in the year 695, the second surviving code of Kentish Law was issued by King Wihtred in the assembly of Kent nobles and clergy held at Bearsted.* * FM Stenton - Anglo-Saxon 2nd Ed., p.62. |
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