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A.D. 1035 x 1044. Will of Leofgifu, including bequests of land at Hintlesham, Essex, and Gestingthorpe, Suffolk, to Bury St Edmunds; the minster at (? Earls) Colne, Essex, to Æthelric and Ælfric, priests, and Æthelsige, deacon; land at Belchamp (? Walter), Essex, to her lady; land at (? Great) Bentley, Essex, to Alfweard, bishop (of London); at Boreham, Essex, to her kinsman Ælfgar; at Bramford, Suffolk, to her kinsman Ælfric, Wihtgar's son; at at Willesham, Suffolk, to Stigand; at Stonham, Waldingfield, Suffolk, and Little St Osyth, Essex, to Æthelric, her brother's son; at Haughley, Suffolk, to her daughter Ælfflæd; 3 hides at Warley, Essex, to Godwine, her brother-in-law; land at Stonham, Suffolk, to Æthelmær, (her reeve); 30 acres at Waldingfield, Suffolk, to Godric, her reeve at Waldingfield; land at Lawford, Essex, to Æthelric, her chaplain, and Ælfric and other servants; 1 hide at Forendale to Æthelric the priest. English

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Bury St Edmunds

MSS:

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

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K, 931

Comments:

Finberg 1972, p. 509, cited ; Pelteret 1995, pp. 123-4, 130 ; Faith 1997, p. 159 ; Whitelock, Wills, pp. 187-89 ; Hart, ECEE, no. 89 (pp. 65-6, 82), authentic ; Hart, ECE, no. 46, authentic

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    • [L]eofgiue gret hyre leuedi godes gretinge. And ic kithe ˇe mine quide wat ic Crist an and his halegan mine louerdes soule to alisednesse and mine into ˇe holy stowe ˇer ic self resten wille ˇat is at seynt Eadmundes byri. ˇat is ˇat lond at Hintlesham and ˇat lond at Gristlyngthorp. buten ˇat lond ˇat Ailsi hauede ˇat he at his lauerd ernede and at me. and ilc ˇridde aker on ˇan wude at Hintlesham habbe Ailri. and ingong and vtgong be feld and be fenne. And ic wille ˇat Ailric prest and Ailfric prest and Ailri diacon habben ˇat minstre at Colne. so here lofard it hem vthe. And ic wille ˇat Aylfric prest ben on ˇat ilke loh ˇe Aigno∂ was. And be se mund ofer ˇan minstre ˇe is ofer alle oˇere. and ic an ˇan kinge to marc goldes for min eruenumen to 7 gealaeste ˇat gold. and mine lauedi ˇat lond at Belhcham buten ˇat lond ˇat Godric mine stiward haue∂ ˇat habbe he. and Alfward bisscop ˇat lond at Benetleye buten half hide ˇe Osemund hauede. ˇat ic an Alfwy min stiward. and ˇat he on sit. 7 Alfno∂ min stiward ˇat lond ˇat Berric hauede vnder hande. And Alfgar mine mei ˇat lond at Borham. And Alfric mine mey Withgares sone ˇat lond at Bromforde. And Stigand ˇat lond at Willauesham. And Ailric mine brotheres sone ˇat lond at Stonham and at Waldingfeld and at Lithtletic. And Alflet mine douhter ˇat lond at Hag'e'le. And Godwine min a∂um 7 mire meygan ˇa ˇre hide at Werle. And Lefkyld ˇa to hide onfast his owen. And Aylmer habbe ˇat lond at Stonham ˇe ic hym er to hande let. to reflande. And ic an Godric mine reue at Walddingfeld ˇa ˇritti acre ˇe ic him er to hande let. And Ailric min hirdprest 7 Alric mine chihtes ˇat lond at Lalleford ˇe me best heren willen. 7 Ailric prest habbe an hide at Forendale. And ic wille ˇat alle mine men ben fre on hirde and on tune for me and for ˇo ˇe me bigeten. And ic bidde mine leuedien for godes louen ˇat ˇu ˇolie ˇat ani man mine quide awende. And se ˇe it awende. god almichin 'a'wende his ansene from him on domesday. buten ic it self do. God ˇe healde. Nu sinden ˇise write ˇre. on is mid ˇise kinges halidome. and oˇer at seynt Eadmunde. 7 ˇridde mid Leofgiue seluen.