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A.D. 1052 x 1066. Will of Ketel, including bequests of land at Sisted, Essex, to Christ Church, Canterbury; at Harling, Norfolk, to Archbishop Stigand; the reversion of land at Great Melton, Norfolk, to St Benedict's at Holme and at Thorpe near Fundenhall, Norfolk, to Bury St Edmund's, after the deaths of Ketel and his uncle, Wulfric; land at Ketteringham, Norfolk, to his sister Bote, if she outlive him (if not, he is to have the land at Somerledetone [Somerton or Somerleyton, Suffolk]); land at Walsingham in East Carlton, Norfolk, to his sister Gode, if she outlive him (if not, he is to have the land at Preston, Suffolk); land at Hainford, Norfolk, and Coggeshall, Essex, to his brother Godric, and also land at Strattune (? Stratton Strawless, Norfolk), on payment of two pounds to Ælwig, Ketel's servant; the reversion of land at Onehouse, Suffolk, to Bury St Edmunds, after the deaths of Ketel and his stepdaughter, Ælfgifu; the half estate at Moran, Norfolk, to Earl Harold; land at Frating, Essex, according to an agreement made by (? Earl Harold) and Archbishop Stigand; land at Rashford, Suffolk, to Ælfric, his priest and kinsman. English

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Bury St Edmunds

MSS:

1. Cambridge, University Library, Ff.2.33, ff. 45v-46r (s. xiii 2)
2. London, British Library, Add. 14847, f. 16r (s. xiii/xiv)

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K, 1339

Comments:

Douglas 1932, pp. cxii-xv ; John 1960, p. 17 n. 1 ; Finberg 1972, p. 509, cited ; Brooks 1978, pp. 87-91, on heriot ; Reynolds 1994, p. 338 n. 72 ; Pelteret 1995, pp. 123-4, 130 ; Faith 1997, p. 63, cited ; Whitelock, Wills, pp. 201-4 ; Hart, ECEE, no. 118 (pp. 77, 95), authentic ; Hart, ECE, no. 66, authentic

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    • Her is on ˇis write Keteles quide ˇat is ˇat ic an Stistede after mine tyme for mine fader soule and for Sefledan into Cristes kirke. And ic wille ˇat mine men ben alle fre 7 Mann myne refe ˇat he sitte on ˇe fre lond ˇat ic him to honde habbe leten; his time euer fre. and after his time folege ˇat lond ˇen oˇere. And ic an into ˇere kirke ˇat lond ˇat Withrich hauede vnder hande and Lewine and Siric and Goding so so geard go∂ to Leueriches hyge. And ˇat no mam him ne forwerne ˇan vtgang. And ic wille ˇat alle ˇo men ˇe ic an fre; ˇat he habben alle ˇinge ˇe he vnder hande habben buten ˇat lond. And ic an ˇat lond at Herlinge Stigand Archebisscop mine louerd so it stant buten ˇo men ben alle fre. and ten acres ic an into ˇe kirke. and gif ic ongein ne cume; ˇan an ic him to min heregete an helm and a brenie. and hors. and gereade. and sverd and spere. and ic wille after ˇe forwarde ˇat ic and Eadwine. and Wlfric after mine time fon to alkere ˇinge ˇe min ower is ˇer on tune buten so mikel so ic an into ˇe kirke. ˇat is ˇat erninglond ˇat Alfwold mine man haue∂ vnder hande. and he sitte on ˇat other his time. And sithen al ˇat lond ˇat him to honde bege∂ folege mid ˇe oˇere into ˇe kirke. gif Eadwine min Em wille helden se felageschipe mid me 7 Wlfric min em ymbe ˇat lond at Meˇeltune gif wit him ouerbiden; fon we to ˇat londe at Thorpe into ˇat forwarde. ˇat vre boˇere time go ˇat lond at Metheltone for vre heldren soule. and vre awene soule into seinte Benedicte at Holm. And ˇat lond at Thorpe into seynt Eadmundes biri. And ˇat is min and mine sustres Boten 'ˇat' forwarde. gif ic mine day do her his; ˇat ic fon to ˇat lond at Keteringham. and an marc goldes oˇer ˇe wrth. and gif ic hire ouerbide; ˇanne schal ic habben ˇat lond at Somerledetone. and ˇat ilke forwarde Ic and Gode mine suster habbed speken gif he me ouerbide. gripe he to ˇat lond at Walsingham. buten ten acres ˇo schulen into ˇere kirke. And gif ic libbe leng ˇanne hio. ˇanne schal ic habben ˇat lond at Prestone. And ic an Godric mine brother ˇat lond at Hemfordham so it me on hande stand. And Kockeshale. And he scal for ˇat lond at Strattune gifen Alwy mine cnihte to pund. And Ic and Algif mine stepdouhter wit habben wrouth ˇe forwarde ymbe ˇat lond at Anhus ˇat so wether vnker so lengere libbe. habbe ˇat lond so mikel so wit ˇer habben. and gif vnc ban fordsith sceot on Rome weye; ˇanne go ˇat lond for me and for Sefle∂ and for Algiue into seint Eadmundes biri. bute ˇo men ben alle fre. And ic an Harold erl after mine time ˇe halue lond at Moran so ful and so forth so ic it richtlike on godes witnesse and mani manne mid mine wife bigat. and ic it sithen nawer ne forswat ne forspilde. And ic bidde ˇe ˇurh ˇene drichtin se ˇe and alle schefte schop. gif ic ongen ne cume ˇat ˇu it nefre ne let welden mine vnwinan after me ˇe mid unrichte sitte∂ ˇeron. and nitta∂ it me euere to vnˇanke. And ic an ˇe lond at Fretinge after ˇat ilke forwarde ˇat ˇu ˇe self and Stigand Archebiscop mine louerd wrouhten. And ic an Alfric mine prest and mine cuthen ˇat lond at Rissewrthe. And gif ani man si so disi ˇat wille mine quide bereuen. god him fordo on domesday and alle his halegan.