The first reference to a choirmaster appeared in 1479, and a charter of 1540 set forth the details of the all-male choir's constitution.

Wulfwig appears in a charter of 1045 as royal chancellor (Cod.

This Ozil, or Odil, first appears in a charter of donation dated 1160.

He last appears in a royal charter dated 14 March 697.

He appears in a charter of 2 June 965 donating money in memory of Godfrey.

His title of "duke" only appears in a posthumous charter of 928.

The name first appears on record in Scotland in a charter of 1141 that was granted by Robert de Brus.

The name appears in a charter of King David I, thought to be from before 1146.

The term bretwalda also appears in a charter of Æthelstan.

Gudesteus appears in a charter of 13 October, his first in three years.