Osgod is found as a witness to charters from 1026 onwards, but he first appears in narrative accounts on the occasion of the marriage of his daughter Gytha to his fellow-staller Tovi the Proud.
Osgod's presence as a witness to charters is documented from 1026 onwards, and he first becomes known through written accounts at the wedding of his daughter Gytha to her husband Tovi the Proud.