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A.D. 966 x 975. Will of Ælfgifu, including bequests of land at Princes Risborough, Bucks., to Old Minster, Winchester; at Bledlow, Bucks., to New Minster, Winchester; at Whaddon, Bucks., to Romsey Abbey; at Chesham, Bucks., to Abingdon and at Wicham to Bath; also at Wing, Linslade and Haversham, Bucks., Hatfield (? Herts.), Masworth, Bucks., and at Gussage (All Saints), Dorset, to the king; at Newnham Murren, Oxon, to the ætheling; at Tæafersceat to Bishop Æthelwold; at Mongewell, Oxon., and at Berkhampstead, Herts., to Ælfweard, Æthelweard and Ælfwaru in common, for life, with reversion to Old Minster, Winchester. English

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, f. 96r-v (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 721

Comments:

Barker 1967, pp. 89-90 ; Brooks 1978, pp. 87-91, on heriot ; Baines 1983, pp. 115-17 ; Hart 1992, pp. 455-65, on estates, dates 967 x 968 ; Pelteret 1995, pp. 122-3, 129, 312 ; Keynes 1996, pp. 26 n. 106, 28 n. 121 ; Foot 2000, II. 153, 250 ; PN Bucks., pp. 8, 79, 86, 98, 167, 223 ; Whitelock, Wills, pp. 118-21 ; PN Oxon., i. 48-9 ; Finberg, ECW, no. 610, authentic ; Hart 1970a, p. 35 (no. 168), authentic ; Gelling, ECTV, no. 152 (pp. 75, 84, 133), authentic ; PN Dorset, ii. 276 ; Williams 1997a, p. 44 nn. 9 & 10 ; Miller, New Minster, p. xxxvii, once in New Minster archive? ; Yorke 1988a, p. 76

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    • ˝is ys Ælfgyfæ gegurning to hiræ cinehlafordæ. ˇæt is ˇæt heo hyne bitt for godæs lufun and for cynescypæ ˇæt heo mote beon hyre cwydes wyr∂æ. ˝onnæ cy∂ heo ˇæ leof bæ ˇinre geˇafiunga hwæt heo for ˇæ and for ˇyræ sawlæ to godæs ciricean don wylæ. ˝æt is æræst ˇæt heo ann into ealdan mynstær. ˇær heo hiræ licaman ræstan ˇæncˇ ˇæs landæs æt Hrisanbeorgan eallswa hit stænt buton ˇæt heo wylæ bæ ˇinre geˇafunga ˇæt man freoge on ælcum tunæ ælne witæˇæownæ mann ˇæ undær hiræ geˇeowu∂ wæs. and twa hund mandcussa goldæs to ˇam mynstær. and hire scrin mid hiræ haligdomæ. And heo an innto nigean mynstær ˇæs landæs æt Bleddanhlæwe. and hund mancussa goldæs. And annæ offringdisc into nunna mynstær. and ˇæs landæs æt Hwætædunæ into Rummæsigæ xriste & sanctan Marian. and æt Cæstæleshammæ Into Abbadunæ. And æt Wicham into Baˇum. And ic ann minæn cinæhlafordæ ˇæs landæs æt Weowungum and æt Hlincgeladæ. and æt Hæfæresham. and æt Hæ∂fælda. and æt Mæssanwyr∂æ and æt Gyssic and twegea bæagas æigˇær ys on hundtwælftigum. mancussum and anræ sopcuppan and syx horsa and swa fala scylda and spæra. and ˇam æˇelingæ ˇæs landæs æt Niwanham. and anæs beages on ˇritægum mancussum. And ˇæra hlæfdigan anæs swyrbeages on hundtweltifgum mancussum and anæs beages on ˇritegum mancussum. and anre sopcuppan. And ic ann Aˇelwoldæ bisceopæ ˇæs landæs æt Tæafersceat. And bidde hinæ ˇæt hæ symlie ˇingiæ for minæ modor an for me. And ic ann bæ minæs hlafordæs geˇafiungæ ˇæs landæs æt Mundingwillæ. and æt Beorhˇanstædæ. Ælfwerdæ and Æˇelwærdæ and Ælfwaræ him to gemanan hira dæg. and ofær hira dæg into ealdan mynstær for minnæ cynehlafor∂ and for mæ. And syllan hi ælcæ geare twa dægfæorman into ˇam twam mynstrum. ˇa wilæ ˇæ hi his brucæn. And ig an Ælfwæræ miræ swystær eallæs ˇæs ˇæ ic hiræ alenæ∂ hæfdæ. And Æˇælfledæ minæs broˇur wifæ ˇæs bændes ˇæ ic hire alæne∂ hæfdæ. And ælchum abbodæ fif pund pæniga to hira mynstres bote. And leof be ˇinre geˇafiunga ˇæt ic motæ bætæcen ˇam bisceope. and ˇam abbodæ. ˇonæ ofæreacan to ˇære stowe botæ. and earmum mannum for me to dælænne swa swa him ˇincæ ˇæt mæ for Godæ ˇearflucustˇ si. And ic biddæ minnæ cinelaford for godæs lufum. ˇæt næ forlæte minæ mænn ˇe hinæ gesæcen. and him wyr∂æ syn. And ic ann Ælfwerdæ anræ sopcuppan. and Æˇelwerdæ anæs gerænodæs drincæhornæs.