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Probably A.D. 1042 x 1043. Will of Ælfric Modercope, including bequests of land at Thurwineholm and Loddon, Norfolk, to (Bury) St Edmunds; at Bergh Apton, Norfolk, with Fuglholm to St Etheldreda's (Ely); at Barton Turf, Norfolk, to St Benedict's, Holme. English

Archive:

Bury St Edmunds

MSS:

1. Cambridge, University Library, Ff.2.33, f. 45r (s. xiii 2)
2. London, British Library, Add. 14847, f. 15r (s. xiii/xiv)

Printed:

K, 970

Comments:

Fowler 1920, no. 12 ; Douglas 1932, pp. cxi-ii ; Campbell 1996, p. 17 ; Whitelock, Wills, pp. 185-6 ; Hart, ECEE, no. 127, authentic

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    • ˝is is se quide ˇe Alfric biquath er he ofer se ferde. ˇat is erst Lodne into seynt Eadmunde be wude and by felde and be fenne so ful 7 so forth so ic it formist ahte. And ic an ˇat lond at Birthe into seynt Aˇeldrithe so ful 7 so forth so ic it bigeten hauede eyˇer on wude oˇer on felde. And into Holm to sancte Benedicte Berton al so ful 7 so forth so ic it ahte. And ic an into Rameseye six marc silures. and ˇat schal Godric mine brother lesten. 7 ic an ˝urwineholm into Lodne. and Fuglholm into Berhe. And ˇa schep delen men on to half into Lodne 7 half into Beorthe. And 'ic' biquethe to min heregete ane marc goldes. and ˇat schal Godric mine brother lesten. And Alfric biscop I biquethe mine teld 7 min bedreaf ˇat ic best hauede vt on mi fare mid me. 7 be Alfric biscop 7 Tofi Prude. 7 ˝runni ˇese quides mundes hureˇinge. ˇat it no man awende. 7 gif it wa wille awenden; god almithen awende is ansene fram hym on domesday.