Editing Edward the Confessor (section)

==Appearance and character==
The ''[[Vita Ædwardi Regis]]'' states "[H]e was a very proper figure of a man – of outstanding height, and distinguished by his milky white hair and beard, full face and rosy cheeks, thin white hands, and long translucent fingers; in all the rest of his body he was an unblemished royal person. Pleasant, but always dignified, he walked with eyes downcast, most graciously affable to one and all. If some cause aroused his temper, he seemed as terrible as a lion, but he never revealed his anger by railing."{{sfn|Barlow|1992|p=19}} This, as the historian Richard Mortimer notes, 'contains obvious elements of the ideal king, expressed in flattering terms – tall and distinguished, affable, dignified and just.'{{sfn|Mortimer|2009|p=15}}

Edward was allegedly not above accepting bribes. According to the Ramsey ''Liber Benefactorum'', the [[Ramsey Abbey|monastery's]] abbot decided that it would be dangerous to publicly contest a claim brought by "a certain powerful man", but he claimed he was able to procure a favourable judgment by giving Edward twenty marks in gold and his wife five marks.{{sfn|Molyneaux|2015|p=218}}