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A.D. 1000 x 1002. Will of Ælfflæd, including bequests of land at Dovercourt, Fulanpettæ (Beaumont), Alresford, Stanway, Byrton in Stanway (lost), Lexden, Essex; Elmsett and Buxhall, Suffolk, to the king; at Stoke, Suffolk; Hatfield (? Peverel, Essex), Stratford St Mary, Freston, Wiston, Lavenham, Balsdon, Polstead, Withermarsh, Suffolk; Greenstead (near Colchester), Peldon, (West) Mersea, Totham, Colne and Tey, Essex, to Stoke (? Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk); and at Monks Eleigh, Suffolk, to Christ Church, Canterbury; at Hadham, Herts., and at Tidwoldingtune (Heybridge near Maldon, Essex) to St Paul's, London; and at Baythorn, Essex, to Barking Abbey; at Woodham, Essex, to Ælfthryth, the king's mother, for life, with reversion to St Mary's, Barking; at Chelsworth and Cockfield, Suffolk, to St Edmund's Abbey; and at Nedging, Suffolk, to the same after the death of Crawe, her kinswoman; at Fingringhoe and Mersea, Essex, to the minster at Mersea; at Waldingfield, Suffolk, to St Gregory's, Sudbury, after the death of Crawe; at Rettendon, Essex; Soham, Ditton and Cheveley, Cambs., to Ely Abbey; at Lawling, Essex, to Ealdorman Æthelmær; and at Liston, Essex, to Æthelmær. With bounds of Balsdon, Withermarsh and Polstead appended. English with bounds

Archive:

Bury St Edmunds

MSS:

2. Cambridge, University Library, Ff.2.33, f. 47r (s. xiii 2)
1. London, British Library, Harley Charter 43 C 4 (BM Facs., iii. 35)

Printed:

Wotton 1737, pp. 103-4 ; K, 685 ; Sweet, Second Reader, pp. 233-5 (no. 44) ; B, 1289 ; Earle, pp. 366-9

Comments:

Boyden 1983, on Mersea ; Hart 1992, pp. 132-5, on estates ; Dumville 1993, p. 36, cited ; Hart 1993, p. 197 n. 33, dates it 11 Aug. 991 x c. 1002 ; Foot 2000, II. 29-30, 80 ; Thompson 2006, p. 109, on script ; BM Facs., iv, p. 7, MS 1 is of the 11th century ; PN Bucks., p. 41 ; PN Beds. and Hunts., p. 2, cited ; Whitelock, Wills, pp. 141-6 ; Hart, ECEE, no. 64, authentic ; Hart, ECE, no. 34, authentic ; Keynes 1993b, p. 306 n. 26, on Hadham ; Williams 1997b, p. 390, perhaps compiled in 1090s

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    • Ælflæd gæswytelaˇ on ˇis gewrite hu hæo wile habban gefadad hiræ æhta for gode. 7 for worldæ. Ærest ˇæt ic an minum hlaforde ˇara . VIII . landa æfter minum dege ˇæt is erest æt Douorcortæ. 7 æt Fulanpettæ. 7 æt Ælesforda. 7 æt Stanwægun. 7 æt Byrætune. 7 æt Læxadyne. 7 æt Ylmesætun. 7 æt Bucyshealæ. 7 twægra bæha on twera punda gewihte. 7 twa sopcuppan. 7 an sæolfran fæt; 7 ˇæ leof æadmodlice bidde for godes luuan. 7 for mines hlafordæs sawle lufan. 7 for minræ swystor sawlæ lufan ˇæt ˇu amundie ˇa halgan stowæ et Stocæ ˇæ mine yldran on restaˇ. 7 ˇa are ˇæ hi ˇiderin sæadon a to freogon godæs rihte; ˇæt is ˇonno ˇæt ic gean æalswa mine yldran his 'er' gæuˇan ˇæt is ˇonne ˇæt land æt Stoce into ˇeræ halagan stowæ. 7 æal ˇæt ˇæt ˇær to tunæ gæhyr∂. 7 ˇonæ wuda æt Hæˇfælda ˇæ min swystar gæuˇæ. 7 mine yldran. ˇonne synd ˇis ˇa land ˇæ minæ yldran ˇærto bæcwædon ofær minre swystor dæg. 7 ofær minne. ˇæt is ∂onne Stredfordæ. 7 Fresantun. 7 Wiswyˇetun. 7 Lauanham. 7 Byliesdyne. 7 Polstyde. 7 Wifærmyrsc. 7 Grænstydæ. 7 Peltandune. 7 Myræsegæ. 7 ˇæt wudæland æt Totham ˇæ min fæder geuˇæ into Myresiæ. 7 Colne. 7 Tigan; ˇonne synd ˇis ˇa land ˇe minæ yldran becwædon into oˇrum. halgum stowum. ˇæt is ˇonne into Cantwarabyrig to Cristæs circan ˇan hired to brece ˇes landes æt Illanlege 7 into Paules mynstre into Lundene. ˇes lan'des' æt Hedham to biscophame. 7 ˇes landes æt Tidwoldingtune ˇan hirede to brece into Paules mynstre. 7 into Beorcingan ˇam hirede to brece ˇes landes æt Babbingˇyrnan. 7 ic gean Ælfˇ'r'æ∂e minæs hlauordæs medder Wuduhamæs æftær minum dæge. 7 æfter hiræ dege gange hit into sancta Marian stowæ into Beorcingan æalswa hit stænt mid mæte. 7 mid mannum; 7 ic gæan into [s]ancte Æadmunde. ˇara twegra landa Cæorlesweorˇæ. 7 Cochanfelde ˇam hirede to bre[ce] æalswa mine yldran his er geuˇan. 7 ˇæs landes æt 'H'nyddinge æftær Crawan degæ miræ magan. 7 ic gæan into Myresie. æfter minum degæ ealswa min hlaford 7 min swester geuˇan. ˇæt is Fingringaho. 7 ˇara six hida ˇæ ˇæt mynstær on stent; 7 ic gæan ef[te]r Crawan dege ˇes landes æt Wealdingafelda into Su∂byrig to sanctæ Gregoriæ ealswa min swestar hit er foræwyrde; 7 ic gean into Ælig sanctæ Petre. 7 sanctæ Æˇældryˇe. 7 sancte Wihtburhe. 7 sanctæ Sexburhe. 7 sancte Æormenhilde ˇer mines hlafordes lichoma rest ˇara ˇreo landa ˇe wit buta geheotan gode. 7 his halga[n]. ˇæt is æt Rettendune ˇe wes min morgangyfu. 7 æt Sægham. 7 æt Dictune ealswa min hlaford. 7 min swæstar his er geuˇan. 7 ˇaræ anre hide æt Cæafle ˇe min swystar begeat. 7 ˇes bæahges gemacan ˇe man sæalde minum hlaforde to sawlescæatte. 7 ic gean Æ∂elm[æ]re æaldorman ˇes landes æt Lellinge ofer mine deg mid mete. 7 mid mannum. æalswa hit stent on ˇet gerad ˇæt he beo on minum life min fulla freod. 7 forespreca. 7 mira manna. 7 efter minum dege beo ˇara halgan stowe. 7 ˇeræ are ful freod. 7 forespeca æt Stocæ ˇe mine yldran on restaˇ. 7 ic gean ˇes landes æt Lissingtune E∂elmere mines . . . . . . e mid mete. 7 mid mannum ealswa hit stent. 7 hine eadmodlice bi'd'de ˇæt he min fulla freod. 7 mundiend beo on minum dege. 7 efter minum dege gefelste ˇæt min cwide 7 mira yldran standan mote: ˇis sind ˇa landmearca to Byligesdyne of ∂a burnan. æt Humelcyrre. fra[m] Humelcyr[re . . . . . . ] Heregeresheafode. fram Heregeresheafode æfter ∂am ealdan hege to ∂are grene æc. ˇonne for∂ ˇæt hit cym∂ to ˇare stanstræte. of ˇare stanstræte 7lang scrybbe ˇæt hit cym∂ to Acantune fram Acyntune ˇæt hit cym∂ to Rigendune. fram Rigindune æft to ˇara burnan. 7 ˇær. Is. landes fif hida. ˇis sind ˇa landgemæra to Hwifermirsce 7 to Polestede. of Loppandune to Scelfleage. fram Leage to Mercyl 7lang Mercyl into Sture. 7lang Sture to Leofmannes gemære. 7lang Leofmannes gæmære to Amalburnan. fram Amalburnan to Nor∂felda. ∂onne for∂ to Bindhæcce. fram Bindhæcce to Tudanhæcce. fram Tudanhæcce to Giddincgforda fram Giddingforda to Hnutstede fram Huntstede to Hwitincgho fram Hwitingho to Wudemannestune. fram Wudemannestune to [Cær]esige gæmære. fram Cæresige gemære to Hædleage gemære. fram Hædleage gæmære to Hligham gemære. Fram Hligham gemære eft to Loppandun.