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S 1537

A.D. 1022 x 1034. Will of Wulfsige, including bequest of land at Wiken to Bury St Edmunds, Bishop Ælfric and, for her life, to Wulfwyn. English

Archive:

Bury St Edmunds

MSS:

1. Cambridge, University Library, Ff.2.33, f. 50r (s. xiii 2)
2. London, British Library, Add. 14847, f. 19v (s. xiii/xiv; Latin summary)

Printed:

K, 979, ex MS 1 ; B, 1162, ex MS 2

Comments:

Brooks 1978, pp. 87-91, on heriot ; Danet and Bogoch 1992, pp. 107-8, on structure ; Pelteret 1995, pp. 123, 130 ; Wareham 2001, pp. 375, 394-6 ; Whitelock, Wills, p. 185

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    • [H]er switeleˇ on ˇise write wam Wlsi an his aihte. ˇat is erst for his soule ˇat lond at Wiken into seynt Eadmundes biri ˇa tweye deles 7 Alfric Biscop ˇe ˇridde del. buten ane girde and .XII. swine mesten ˇat schal habben Wlwine hire day. and after hire day into seynt Eadmundes biri 7 alle ˇo men fre for vnker bother soule. And ic an mine kynelouerd .II. hors. and Helm and brinie. 7 an Swerd and a goldwreken spere. and ic an mine lauedy half marc goldes. an mine Nifte ann ore wichte goldes. And habbe Stanhand alle ˇinge ˇe ic him bicue∂en habbe. and mine brother bern here owen lond. 7 .II. hors mid sadelgarun. and .I. brinie and on hakele. And se ˇe mine cui∂e awende god almithtin awende his asyne from him on domesday buten he it her ˇe rathere bete.