 Little is known of Berhtwald 's ancestry or his early life , but he was born around the middle of the seventh century . By 679 , he was made abbot of the monastery at Reculver in Kent , and a charter dated May 679 names Berhtwald as abbot . This charter , from Hlothere , King of Kent , is the earliest surviving original Anglo @-@ Saxon charter . 
 Little is known of Berhtwald <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>ancestry or his early life , but he was born around the middle of the seventh century . By 679 , he was made abbot of the monastery at Reculver in Kent , and a charter dated May 679 names Berhtwald as abbot . This charter , from Hlothere , King of Kent , <a href='drop_aux' title='2'><mark>is</mark></a>the earliest surviving original Anglo @-@ Saxon charter . 
Lil is known of Berhtwald  ancestry or his early life , but he was born around da middle of the seventh century . By 679 , he was made abbot of tdamonastery at Reculver in Kent , and a charter dated May 679 names Berhtwald as abbot . This charter , from Hlothere , King of Kent , the earliest surviving original Anglo @-@ Saxon charter .