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c. A.D. 968 x 971. Will of Ælfheah, ealdorman, including bequests of land at Wroughton, Wilts., to God (or King Edgar); at Crondall, Hants., to Old Minster, Winchester; at Charlton, Wilts., to Malmesbury Abbey and at Sutton (? Somerset) to Bath Abbey; also land at Worth (probably Littleworth in Faringdon), Cookham and Thatcham, Berks.; Chelworth, Wilts.; Incgenæsham (? Inglesham, Wilts.); Aylesbury and Wendover, Bucks., to King Edgar; land at Scyræburnan to Queen Ælfthryth; at Walkhampstead (now Godstone), Surrey, to Æthelred, Edgar's son; land at Faringdon, Berks., and Aldbourne, Wilts., to Ælfhere, his brother; land at Tudincgatun (? Teddington, Middx) to Godwine, his son; at Wyritunæ (? Purton, Wilts.) to Ælfweard; at Wycombe, Bucks., to Æthelweard, his kinsman; and at Froxfield, Hants., to Ælfwine, his nephew; also land at Batcombe, Somerset, to Ælfswyth, his wife, with ultimate reversion to Glastonbury Abbey. English

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, ff. 95v-96r (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 593 ; B, 1174

Comments:

Darlington 1955, pp. 68, 85 ; Brooks 1978, pp. 87-91, on heriot ; Keynes 1980, pp. 164-5 ; Fleming 1985, p. 252 ; Dumville 1992, p. 41 n. 57, 43-4, queries Purton identification; discusses Chelworth ; Pelteret 1995, pp. 123, 129 ; Abrams 1996, p. 85, on Chelworth ; Wareham 2001, pp. 383-5 ; PN Bucks., pp. 145, 157, 200 ; Whitelock, Wills, pp. 121-5 ; PN Middx, p. 24 ; Finberg, ECW, no. 120 (pp. 54, 98, 145), authentic ; Hart 1970a, p. 35 (no. 166), authentic ; PN Berks., ii. i. 79, 188, ii. 365-7 ; Gelling, ECTV, no. 105, authentic ; Yorke 1988a, p. 84

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    • Her is geswutelod an ∂is gewrite hu Ælfheah ealdorman his cwidæ gecwæ∂en hæf∂. be his cynehlafordæs geˇafuncge ˇæt is ˇonnæ æræst ˇæt he gean his drihtne for his sawlæ ˇæarfæ ˇæs landæs æt Ællændune and ˇæs æt Crundelom to ealdan mynstære to Winticeastræ. And ˇæra twæntiga hida æt Ceorlatunæ into Mealdælmæsbyrig and ˇæra fiftyna hida æt Su∂tune into Ba∂an and he gean his cynehlafordæ ˇæra hundtwæntiga hida æt Wyr∂æ and ˇæs landæs æt Coccham and æt ˝æcham. and æt Ceolæswyr∂æ. And æt Incgenæsham. and æt Ægelesbyrig and æt Wændofron. And ˇreo hund mancusa goldæs. and annæ dics an ˇrym pundom. And anæ soppcuppan an ˇrym pundan 7 an handsex. and ˇæræ lecge is hundeahtati mancussa goldæs. 7 seax swur∂ and seax hors. mid geredan. and swa fæla spæra and scylda. And he gean Ælfri∂æ ∂æs cyninges wifæ his gefæ∂eran. ˇæs landæs æt Scyræburnan ealswa hit stænt. And ˇam yldran æˇælingæ ˇæs cyngæs suna. and hiræ ˇritiga mancussa goldæs and anæs swurdæs. And ˇam gincgran ∂æs landes æt Wolcnæsstedæ. And he gean Ælfhære his bre∂ær ˇæs landæs æt Færndunæ. and æt Ealdincburnan. And Godwinæ his suna ˇæs æt Tudincgatunæ. and Ælfwerdæ æt Wyritunæ. And Æˇelwerdæ his mege æt Wicumun. And Ælfwine his swustur suna ˇæs æt Froxafelda. ˝onnæ an ic Ælfsiˇæ minon wifæ gyf heo leng beo∂ ˇonne ic and it swa gehylt swa ic hiræ truwan to hæbbe ealra ˇara o∂æra landa ˇæ ic læfæ. And heo ˇanne gæornlicæ of ˇam god geˇæncæ and for uncre sawle geornlicæ beo and brucæ heo ˇæs landæs æt Batancumbæ hyræ dæg and æfter hire dæge ga hit an Ælfwærdes hand uncres suna gif hæ lifæs beo gyf hæ næ beo gyf hæ næ beo for mine bro∂orn to ˇa hwilæ ˇæ hi beon and æfter hyra dege ga into Glæstingabyrig for urnæ fædær and for uræ modor and for us eallæ. And ic wullan ˇæt man gefreogen ælcne witeˇeowne man on ælcum ˇæra landæ ˇæ ic minon freondon bæcwedden hæbbæ. And ˇisseræ geˇafiuncga ˇæ sæ cyning geuˇæ is to gewitnæssæ Ælfˇryˇ ˇæs cynincges wif and Aˇelwold bisceop. and Ælfhære ealdorman and Æˇelwine ealdorman and Ælfwinæ and Æscwig abbod.