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A.D. 1043 x 1045. Will of Thurstan, son of Wine, including bequests of land at Wimbish, Essex, to Christ Church, Canterbury; at Harlow, Essex (except the half hide at Ealing Bridge in Harlow which Ælfwine had), and Shouldham, Norfolk, to Bury St Edmunds; land at Wetheringsett, Suffolk, and at Knapwell, Cambs., to Ely abbey; land at Weston Colville, Cambs., to Æthelswith, for life, with reversion to Ely; land at Shouldham, Norfolk, to Ramsey and St Benedict's at Holme; land at Borough Green, Cambs., to Ulfketel, if he outlives Thurstan, except a half hide at Westley Waterless and 1 hide at Dullingham (granted to Thurstan's servant, Viking); land in Norfolk and at Pentlow, Ashdon and Henham, Essex, to his wife Æthelgyth (except land at Bromleg [possibly Bromley Barn in Widdington] and half a hide at Henham, to go to the local minsters); land at Kedington, Suffolk, to the priest Ælfwig and Thurstan's chaplains Thurstan and Ordheah; land at Little Dunmow, Essex, to Merewine and his family; and instructions that land at Bidicheseye (? Bottisham, Cambs.) was to be sold and payments made to a number of beneficiaries. With an additional section detailing further bequests, including the reversion of land at Henham, Essex, to Æthelswith and then to Ely abbey; a half hide at Ongar, Essex, to Thurgot, his servant; a half hide and a haga near Marden Ash in High Ongar, Essex, to Merewine; and a half hide to Swegn. English

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Bury St Edmunds

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1. Cambridge, University Library, Ff.2.33, f. 49r-v (s. xiii 2)
2. London, British Library, Add. 14847, f. 19r (s. xiii/xiv; part only)

Comments:

Fisher 1936 ; Whitelock 1969, p. 112, no good reason to identify Bidicheseye with Bottisham ; Finberg 1972, p. 498, cited ; Fleming 1993, p. 121 ; Kennedy 1995, p. 167 n. 143 ; Pelteret 1995, pp. 123, 130 ; Foot 2000, II. 30 ; Whitelock, Wills, pp. 192-7 ; Hart, ECEE, no. 72 (pp. 50-1, 70, 85), authentic ; Hart, ECE, no. 59, authentic ; HRH, p. 236, genuine

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    • [O]n vre drichtines name ic ˝urstan Wine sune kithe alle manne ihu ic an ˇe ˇing ˇe me god haue∂ lent so longe so his wille beth. ˇat is ˇat ic an ˇat lond at Wimbisc into Cristes kirke for mine soule 7 for Lefwares and for Egelsithes after mine day. 7 after Egelsithes; ˇo men fre. and leste man of Cristes kirke .XII. pund be tale. into seynt Augustine. And ic an ˇat lond at Herlawe into sancte Eadmunde buten ˇe halue hide ˇe Alfwine hauede at Gildenebrigge. and buten ˇat tuft ˇe Alfgor on sit and ˇat hoo. ˇerto. and alle ˇe men fre. And ic an ˇat lond at Sculham at ˇe Northhalle into seynt Eadmunde after vnker bothre day. and ˇo men fre. And ic an ˇat lond at Wetheringsete into Ely buten ˇat lond ˇat Aylri haue∂ habbe he ˇat fre his day and his wiues. and after here bothere day into ˇe tunkirke. 7 ˇo men fre. and Ic an ˇat lond at Cnapwelle into Ely buten ˇat lond ˇat Ordeh haue∂ 7 Aylric munek haue∂ and ˇo men fre. And ic an ˇat lond at Westone Agilswi∂e buten ˇat lond ˇat Sewine haue∂ to earninge ˇat schal into tunkirke and after hire day into Ely. 7 ˇo men fre. And ic an ˇat lond at Sculham at ˇe Middelhalle half into sancte Benedicte to Rameseye. 7 half into sancte Benedicte into Holm. so it ˇerto lith after vnker bother day and ˇo men fre. And ic an mine kinelouerd for mine Hergete to marc goldes and to hors. and sadelfate and Helm and brinie and Suerd and to scheldes and to speren. And ic wille ˇat men selle ˇat lond at Bidicheseye. and nime of ˇat lond to marc goldes to ˇe kinges heregete. and half marc goldes ˇe erl Harold. and half marc goldes Stigand bisscop. 7 an marc goldes mine felage. And an marc goldes his berne. ˝orˇes brother 7 an marc goldes Sendi Arfast and ˇat ˇe ˇer ouer go∂; delen le eruene men for his soule on his felawes witnesse, buten ˇat vttreste Milne into sancte Aethelburg at Berkynge. And wille ˇat min and Vlfkeles felageschipe stonde to ˇat forwarde ˇe wit speken habben. ˇat is ˇat lond at Burg. and Vlfketel haui∂ leyd ˇerwith four marc goldes so wether so leng libbe. buten half hide at Westle 7 an hide at Dullingham ˇat ic an Wiking mine knihte. and ic an mine wife Ailgi∂e al ˇe ˇing ˇe ic haue on Norfolke so ic it her hire gaf to mund and to maldage. And ˇat lond at Pentelawe 7 at Aesredune buten ˇat lond at Bromlege ˇat schal into ˇe tunkirke. ouer vnker bother day. and ic an Agilgi∂ ˇat lond at Henham buten an half hide ˇat schal into 'ˇe' kirke. and ic an Alfwi prest and ˝urstan mine hirdprest. and Ordeh mine hirdprest ˇat he habben ˇat lond at Kydingtone after vnker bother day. And ic an Meruyn and his wife and here bern ˇat lond at Dunmawe. butan an alf hide ˇat schal into ˇe kirke and an tuft. 7 ic an mine cnihtes ˇat wude at Aungre buten ˇat derhage. 7 ˇat stod ˇe ic ˇer habbe. ˇis is to witnesse innon Norfolke. Harold erl. and Stigand Bisscop. and Osgote. Clape. and Godwine. 7 Wlgeat. 7 Eadwine. and Osbern. and Vlf. and Gouti. And innon Suffolke Lefstan Decan and al se hird on seynt Eadmundes biri. 7 Eadric and Alfric 7 Vlfketel. and Lemmer. And in Grauntebreggeschire. Leswi abbot 7 al se hird bynnen Ely. and Aelfwine Abbot 7 al se hird into Rameseye and Alfwine and Vlfketel Kild. and Osgot Sveyn and Ordger and oˇer Ordger. And innen Essexe. Alfger ˇe Erles sune. and Lefkild 7 Osulf File. and Wlwine. and Sendi. and Leuerich discˇeng. Se ˇe ˇis quide awenden wille. buten ic self it be; god him fordo nu and on domisday. AmeN. ˇise write sinden ˇre. on schal into seynt Eadmunde. Aand on into Ely. and on schal ben innon min owen hird. And ˇat lond at Henham ˝urstan and Agelgi∂. and Askil vnnen Aegelswide after here aldreday. and after hire day; go ˇat lond into sancte Aetheldrith for hire owen soule. and for ˝urstanes and for Agilwi∂. 7 for Lefware and for Askilles boten ˇo tueye hidan ˇe Aylmer Parl haue∂. and buten ˇat on hide ˇe Wlmare hauede. 7 an girde ˇe Lustwine hauede. And ic an ˝urgot mine cnihte half hide ˇe Aelstan on sit at Aungre. 7 Meruin half hide. and ˇane litle hege with Meredene. And Sueyn half hide. and ˇat ouer beth; ofgon he it on vnker gemede. gif wit aleten willen.