 At the granting of the first charter of the Benedictine priory one of the witnesses was "Gillebecoc"; meaning devotee of "Beghoc", indicating a Bega cult already in existence.The writer of the "Life" relates that St Bega was given a bracelet in Ireland by a heavenly being, which she left behind in St Bees when she travelled to Northumberland.It was described as having a holy cross upon it, which fits a style of the 9th and 10th centuries.