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A.D. 998 (15 April). Will of Leofwine, son of Wulfstan, including bequests of land at Kelvedon, Essex, and at Mearcyncg seollan (probably Markshall, Essex) to St Peter's, Westminster; at Purleigh, Essex, partly to God's servants at Notley, Essex, and partly to Leofwaru, his aunt; and at Barling, Essex, to Wulfstan, bishop (of London). English

Archive:

Westminster

MSS:

1. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Eng. hist. a. 2 (S.C. 31346), no. XII (s. xi; BA Facs. no. 14; Keller 1906, no. 6)
2. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Eng. hist. a. 2 (S.C. 31346), no. XVI (s. xviii)
3. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Eng. hist. a. 2 (S.C. 31346), no. XVII (s. xviii; Latin translation of MS 2)

Printed:

Madox 1702, p. 421, ex MS 1 ; K, 1293, ex Madox ; Napier and Stevenson, p. 22 (no. 9) ; Wyatt 1919, pp. 121-2

Comments:

Gordon 1937, pp. 48 n., 85-6 ; Whitelock 1963, p. 10 ; Brooke and Keir 1975, p. 369, probably authentic ; Harvey 1977, p. 23 ; Thompson 2006, p. 78, on script ; Napier and Stevenson, pp. 122-35, authentic ; Hart, ECE, no. 32, MS 1 original ; BA Facs., p. 6, MS 1 may be original, but script points to s. xi med., dating information probably read from Easter table

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    • Endorsements: (1) in a contemporary hand: ˇis is Leofwines cwide Wulfstanes suna. (2) in a slightly later hand: Cynlæuedene . + . (3) in a hand of early s. xiv: Killauedene uersus ecclesiam.<br. (4) in a hand of s. xviii: 1727, 25th Augusti. Petri le Neve Morrey pretium 1li. 11s. 6d. + In nomine domini nostri Ihesu Cristi . ˇys is Leofwines cwide Wulfstanes suna . ˇæt is ˇonne ærest ˇæt ic gean Criste 7 sancte Petre for minre saule in to Westmynster ealra ˇara ˇinga ˇe me Crist to gefultumian wyle æt ˇam lande æt Cynlaue dyne . 7 æt Mearcyncg seollan on wuda 7 on felda . 7 ic gean of Purlea in to Hnutlea healfere hide landes on easthealf stræte for mine sawle ˇam Godes ˇeowan . 7 minre faˇan Leofware ˇæs heafodbotles on Purlea . 7 ealles ˇæs ˇe me ˇær to locaˇ . 7 gif Eadwold længc libbe hire suna ˇonne heo . fo he ˇærto . gif heo ˇonne læng beo 7 ˇæt God wille sylle hit on ˇa hand ˇe hire æfre betst gehyre on uncer bega cynne . 7 ic gean minum hlaforde Wulfstane bisceope ˇæs landes æt Bærlingum. ˝ys wæs gedon ˇæs geares fram ures Drihtnes gebyrdtide. DCCCCXCVIII anni dn'i XI indic' XX epac V c'cur' VIII ciclos XVII kalendæ mai dies .XIIII. lun' XV kalendæ mai dies pasce XVI. lun' ipsius