A charter of 1523 mentions that the settlement levied its own taxation.
First charters mention the village in 1116.
An Anglo-Saxon charter also mentions 'the ridgeway' suggesting that the trackway was in use by at least the early medieval period.
A charter of 1474 mentions a castle at "Craig Lyown", and the saltpans which added to the estate income.
A charter from 1525 mentions a statue of Roland that existed in Brobergen.
Another charter of 1179 also mentions her husband.
The first charter mentions it in 1255 as Mezlen.
A charter of 879 mentions Udo and his brothers taking part in the foundation of the college of Gemünden.
The charters do not mention Vidaure as the king's wife; in fact, their form is the one used for concubinage contracts.
A charter from 1519 mentions that the church's patron was Saint Stephen, King of Hungary.