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30 HISTORY OF
the church, previous to the time of King Edgar, by Offa, Kinwulph, Alfred, and
Athelstan, with, perhaps, the exception of Offa, are, in a great measure, if not
altogether, the offspring also of conjecture; and were most probably suggested by
the pious and charitable character of those princes, and their being known to have
been benefactors to other places. The notions may have been derived, like-
wise, from spurious or interpolated charters, or may have been true only to a
certain extent: as Alfred and Athelstan, having received some relics from
abroad, which Edward the Confessor afterwards gave to this church, might be
involved in the honour of the gift. Sulcardus positively denies, that any bene-
factions were bestowed on this church in the interval of the reigns of Edgar and
Offa. Nullus pradicto profuit loco*.
* Offa reigned thirty-nine years, from 757 to 796. Edgar's reign commenced 959, and that of
Edward the Confessor in 1041. It appears from Mathew Paris, that Offa was a great benefactor to the
Church of St. Alban, and munificent to the church in general. Nor is it improbable, that his liberality
might extend to Westminster; for though the gift of Aldenham was contested, the right which the
Church of St. Alban claimed, failed of being established.
the church, previous to the time of King Edgar, by Offa, Kinwulph, Alfred, and
Athelstan, with, perhaps, the exception of Offa, are, in a great measure, if not
altogether, the offspring also of conjecture; and were most probably suggested by
the pious and charitable character of those princes, and their being known to have
been benefactors to other places. The notions may have been derived, like-
wise, from spurious or interpolated charters, or may have been true only to a
certain extent: as Alfred and Athelstan, having received some relics from
abroad, which Edward the Confessor afterwards gave to this church, might be
involved in the honour of the gift. Sulcardus positively denies, that any bene-
factions were bestowed on this church in the interval of the reigns of Edgar and
Offa. Nullus pradicto profuit loco*.
* Offa reigned thirty-nine years, from 757 to 796. Edgar's reign commenced 959, and that of
Edward the Confessor in 1041. It appears from Mathew Paris, that Offa was a great benefactor to the
Church of St. Alban, and munificent to the church in general. Nor is it improbable, that his liberality
might extend to Westminster; for though the gift of Aldenham was contested, the right which the
Church of St. Alban claimed, failed of being established.