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A.D. 975 x 1016. Will of Ælfhelm (Polga), including bequests of land at Wratting, Cambs., to Ely Abbey; at Brickendon, Herts., to Westminster Abbey; at Whepstead, Suffolk, and Walton (perhaps near Felixstowe, Suffolk), to his son Ælfgar; and at Baddow and Burstead, Essex, at Stratford, (probably Stratford St Mary, Suffolk), at Enhale and Wilbraham, Cambs., at Rayne, Essex, at Carlton, Cambs., and at Gestingthorpe, Essex, to his wife; at Gestingthorpe, Essex, to Godric and Ælfhelm's daughter; at Conington, Cambs., to his wife and daughter, and to Æthelric, Ælfwold and Osmær; also at Cockayne Hatley and Potton, Beds., to Ælfmær, Ælfstan and Osgar; at Littlebury (near Saffron Walden), Essex, to Leofsige, and at Great Staughton, Hunts., to Leofsige and his wife; also at Troston, Suffolk, to his three brothers and Ælfwold; at Ickleton, Cambs., and Mawyrthe to Ælfhelm; and at Barnham (probably Suffolk), to Wulfmær. English

Archive:

Westminster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Stowe Charters 36 (s. xi; OS Facs., iii. 37)
3. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Eng. hist. a. 2 (S.C. 31346), no. XVIII (s. xviii; translation, with notes)
2. London, British Library, Add. 4562, ff. 314r-318r (s. xviii; ex 1)

Printed:

Lye 1772, ii, Appendix, ii. 1, ex MS 1 ; K, 967, ex MS 1 ; B, 1306

Comments:

Madox 1702, p. ii n ; Fowler 1920, no. 9 and pp. 50-2 ; Finberg 1972, p. 498, cited ; Brooke and Keir 1975, p. 369, authentic ; Harvey 1977, p. 23 ; Brooks 1978, pp. 87-91, on heriot ; Holt 1982, pp. 196-7 ; Whybra 1990, p. 104 n. 108 ; Keynes 1994, pp. 170-2 ; Kennedy 1995, p. 166, on legal background ; PN Beds. and Hunts., pp. 105, 106 ; PN Beds. and Hunts., pp. 182, 267 ; Whitelock, Wills, pp. 133-7 ; Hart, ECEE, no. 24, authentic, dates 989 ; Hart 1964a, p. 65, contemporary, discusses descent of Hatley and Potton ; Hart, ECE, no. 24, original ; Gelling, ECTV, no. 172 (pp. 20, 86), original

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    • Her is on sio swutelung hu Ælfhelm his are. 7 his æhta geuadod hæf∂. for gode. 7 for wurulde. ˇæt is ˇonne ærest his hlaforde. an hund mancosa goldes. 7 twa swurd. 7 feorwer scyldas. 7 feower speru. 7 feower hors. twa gerædode. twa ungerædode. 7 he gean for his sawle ˇæs landes. æt Wrættincge. into sancte Æˇeldry∂e. buton ˇam twam hydon ˇe Æˇelric hæf∂. 7 ic gean ˇæs landes. æt Brycandune. into sancte Petre. to Westmenstre. buton ic wylle ˇæt man mæste minum wiue. twa hund swyna. ˇænne ˇær mæsten sy. ˇider hire leouest sy. 7 ic gean Ælfgare minum suna. ˇæs landes æt Hwipstede. 7 'ˇæs' æt Wealtune. his dæg. 7 æfter his dæge. ga hyt for uncra begra sawle ˇider him leouest sy. 7 ic cyˇe hwæt ic minum wiue to morgengyue sealde. ˇæt is Beadewan. 7 Burgestede. 7 Strætford. 7 ˇa ˇreo hyda æt Heanhealan. 7 ic gef hire ˇa wyt ærest togædere comon. ˇa twa hyda æt Wilburgeham. 7 æt Hrægenan. 7 ˇæt ˇærto li∂. 7 ic gean hire Carletunes. 7 ic gean hire ˇæs heauodbotles æt Gyrstlingaˇorpe. 7 ealra ˇara æhta ˇe ˇæron standa∂. mid mete. 7 mid mannum. buton ic gean Godrice. 7 minre dehter healues ˇæs landes. be wuda. 7 be felda. buton ˇam ˇe ic minum preoste gean. 7 ic gean minum wiue. 7 minre dehter healues ˇæs landes. æt Cunningtune. to gedale. buton ˇam feower hydon ˇe ic Æˇelrice 7 Alfwolde gean. 7 ˇa healuan hyde ˇe ic gean Osmære minum cnihte. 7 ic gean Ælfmære. 7 his bre∂er Ælfstane. ˇara twegra landa. to gedale. æt Hættanlea. 7 æt Pottune. buton ˇam ˇe ic Osgare gean. 7 ic gean Godere ˇæs ˇe ic æt Wimunde gebohte. 7 ic gean Leofsige Lytlanbyrig æfter minum dæge. on ˇæt gerad ˇe ˇæt stande. ˇe wyt beforan ˇan ealdormen lucan. 7 ic gean him 7 his wiue ˇæs landes æt Stoctune. wi∂ an hund mancosa goldes. 7 ic wylle ˇæt man selle minum hlaforde ˇæt gold. to minum heregeatum. 7 ic gean minum ˇrym broˇron. to gedale ˇæs landes æt Trostingtune. buton ˇam ˇe ic gean Alfwolde. ˇæs ˇe Æˇelric hæfde. 7 ic gean Ælfhelme. ˇære hyde æt Icelingtune. 7 ˇæs æt Mawyrˇe. 7 ic gean Wulfmære ˇæs ˇe ic æt Byornham hæfde. 7 ic gean minre scæ∂e. for mire sawle into Hramesege. healfe ˇan abbode. 7 healue ˇam hirede. 7 ic gean minum wiue healues ˇæs stodes æt Trostingtune. 7 minan geferan healues ˇe me mid rida∂. 7 fo min wif to healuan ˇe on wealde is. 7 min dohter to hea'l'uan. 7 ic wylle ˇæt min wif fo æfre to healfan æhtan on ælcon tune fo to lande se ˇe fo. swa. hio to forgyuen wæs; Nu bydde Ic ˇe leof hlaford. ˇæt min cwyde standan mote. 7 ˇæt ˇu ne geˇauige. ˇæt hine man mid wuo wende. god is min gewyta ic wæs ˇinum fæder swa gehyrsum swa ic fyrmest myhte. 7 fullice hold on mode. 7 on mægene. 7 ˇe æfre on fullon hyldon hold. 7 on fulre luue. ˇæs me is god gewyta. se man se ˇe minne cwyde wende. buton ˇu hyt sy leof. 7 ic hæbbe geleauan ˇæt ˇu nelle. god afyrre hine of his rice. buton he ˇe hraˇor ongen wende. 7 god 7 ealle his halgan gehealde æcne ˇara ˇe ˇærto gefyrˇryge ˇæt he standan mote. In bottom right hand corner: Gif hwa Endorsed: Gif hwa æfre ænig ˇinc of ˇysum cwyde awende oˇˇe ætbrede. sy him godes ar 7 his ece edlean æfre ætbroden. 7 he næfre ne wurˇe on his myltse gemet. ac he sy amansumod of ˇam gemanan ealra gecorenra Cristes heapa. ge nu ge on ecnysse buton he ˇe hrædlicor ˇæt forlæte. 7 on riht eac eft gewende.