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S 1539
s. x or xi. Will of Wynflæd concerning land at Ebbesborne, Wilts.; Charlton (probably Horethorne, Somerset); Coleshill, Berks.; Inggeneshamme (perhaps Inglesham, Wilts.); Faccombe, Hants; Adderbury, Oxon.; and at Chinnock, Somerset; the beneficiaries including Shaftesbury and Wilton. English
Archive:
uncertain (? Shaftesbury)
MSS:
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London, British Library, Cotton Charters viii. 38 (s. xi; BM Facs., iii. 38; Golden Age, p. 148)
Printed:
Hickes, Thesaurus, praefatio, pp. xxii-xxiii ; K, 1290
Comments:
Darlington 1955, pp. 68, 84 ; Aston 1958, p. 71, on tenurial implications ; Finberg 1972, pp. 474, 498, 509-10 ; Owen 1979 ; Rumble 1984, pp. 50-1, on name-forms ; Hooke 1991-2, p. 83, on Faccombe ; Costen 1991, p. 44, on Chinnock estate, with map ; Dumville 1994, p. 146 n. 75, script not mid 10th-century, suggested date c. 950 is speculative and too early ; Pelteret 1995, pp. 126-9, 288 ; Faith 1997, p. 81 ; Foot 2000, II. 172-3, 225 ; Wareham 2001, pp. 381-3 ; Thompson 2006, p. 78, on script ; BM Facs., iv, p. 7, 11th century ; Whitelock, Wills, pp. 108-14, may be a copy ; PN Oxon., ii. 391 ; Finberg, ECW, no. 71, authentic ; PN Berks., ii. 356-7, 375, 470 ; Gelling, ECTV, no. 59 (pp. 41, 129), authentic ; Golden Age, pp. 148-9 (no. 151), 11th-century copy ; PN Dorset, iii. 139
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- Wynflæd cy∂ hu hio wile ymbe ˇæt hio hæf∂ ofer hyre dæg hio becwiˇ into cyrcan hyre ofring...u 7 hyre beteran ofr'i'ngsceat 7 hyre rode 7 into beodern hiwun twa selefrene cuppan 7 hyre to saulsceatte ælcon godes ˇeowe mancos go[ld]es 7 butan ˇam Ceoldryˇe I mancus 7 O∂elbryhte 7 Else 7 Æˇel...ˇea 7 an pund to Wiltune ˇam hiwum 7 Fugele anne mancus 7 hio becwi∂ Æ∂elflæde hyre dehter hyre agrafenan beah 7 'hyre mentelpreon' 7 ˇæt land æt Ebbelesburnan 7 ˇa boc on ece yrfe to ateonne swa hyre leofos∂ sy 7 hio [an h]yre ˇara manna 7 ˇæs yrfes 7 ealles ˇæs ˇe ˇær ˇenne on bi∂ butan ˇæt man scel for hyre saulle ˇærof don ægˇer ge an mannon ge an yrfe 7 æt Ceorlatune hio hyre an ealswa ˇere manna 7 ˇæs yrfes b[ut]an ˇam freotmannon 7 ˇæt man finde of ˇam yrfe æt Ceorlatun[e healfes]b pundes wyrˇne saulsceat to Mylenburnan 7 healfes pundes wyrˇne saulscet fram Cinnuc to Gyfle 7 Eadmære ˇæt land æt C[ol]les[h]ylle 7 æt Inggeneshamme 7 hio an him eac ˇæs landes æt Faccancu[mbe ˇe]c hyre morgengyfu wes his dæg 7 ofer his dæg gyf Æˇelflæd leng lybbe ˇonne he ˇonne fo hio to ˇam lande æt Faccancumbe and ofer hyre dæ[g g]a hit eft an Eadwoldes hand 7 gif god wille ˇæt Eadwold weorˇe to ˇam ge[w]exen a'n' his fæder dæge ˇæt he land healdan mæge ˇene bid ic Eadmær ˇæt he him læte ˇara twega landa oˇer to oˇˇe æt Colleshyll[e] o∂ æt Ead[b]urggebyrig 7 ofer his dæg buta 7 hio wile ˇæt man finde æt Inggenesham[me h]ealfes. pundes wyrˇ'n'e saulsceat to Waneting for hy 7 æt Colleshylle 7 finde man of ˇam yrfe .LX. pene'g'ga wyr∂ to S'c'rifenanhamme .LX. to Colleshylle .LX. to Cillari∂e 7 freoge man Wulfware folgyge ˇam ˇe hyre leofo[st sy...]d ttry∂e ealswa 7 freoge man Wulfflæde on ˇæt gerad ˇæt hio folgige Æˇelflæde 7 Eadgyfe 7 hio becwi∂ Eadgyfe ane crencestran 7 ane sem[estra]ne oˇer hatte Edgyfu oˇer hatte Æˇelyfu 7 freoge man 'Gerburge' 7 Miscin 7 Hi...lf 7 Burhulfes dohtur æt C[in]nuc 7 Ælfsige 7 his wif 7 his yldran dohtor 7 Ceolstanes wif 7 æt Ceorlatune freoge man Pifus 7 Edwyn ... 7 ...ng wif 7 æt Faccancumbe frioge man Edelm 7 Man 7 Iohannan 7 'Sprow 7 his wif' 7 En.f...h 7 Gersande 7 'Snel' 7 æt Colleshylle freoge man Æˇelgyˇe 7 Bican wif 7 Æffan 7 B[e]dan 7 Gurhannes wif 7 freoge man Wulfwarei swystor Byrhsigis wi[f] 7 .......j ˇysne wyrhtan 7 'Wulfgyˇe Ælfswyˇe dohtor' 7 gif ˇær hwylc witeˇeow 'man' sy butan ˇyson ˇe hio geˇeowede hio gelyf'∂' to hyre bearnon ˇæt hi 'h'ine willon lyhtan for hyre saulle 7 Ælfwolde hyre twegen wesendhornas 7 an hors 7 hyre re'a'de ge[t]eld [7] hio becwy∂k Eadmære ane hlidfæsˇe cuppan oˇre Æ∂elflæde 7 bit ˇæt hi findon betweox him twa smicere scencingcuppan [i]nto beodern for hi oˇˇe hyre ahgene ieredan cuppan geiccon hy sy......l an anon punde ˇonne wolde hio ˇæt man dyde 'inn'on ægˇere cuppan healf pund penega 7 agyfe man Eadwolde his ag[e]ne .II. sylerenan cuppan; 7 hio becwi∂ him hyre goldfagan treowena[n] cuppan ˇæt he ice his beah mid ˇam golde oˇˇe hi mon æt him gehweorfe mid .XVI. mancussum reades reades goldes swa micel ˇær is to gedong 7 hio becwiˇ him twa mydrecan 7 ˇæraninnan an bedreaf eal ˇæt to anum bedde gebyre∂ 7 a'g'yfe Eadmær Eadwolde swa micel yrfe 7 swa fela manna swa...m him ær æt Hafene becwæ∂ 7 [h]en his fæder sy∂∂an swa he wille 7 be ˇan lande æt Cinnuc hit agon ˇa hiwan æt Sceaftesbyrig ofer hyre dæg 7 hio ah ˇæt yrfe 7 ˇa men ˇenne an hio ˇan hywum ˇara gebura ˇe on ˇam gafollande sitta∂ 7 ˇera ˇeowra manna hio an hyre syna dehter Eadgyfe 7 ˇæs yrfes butan ˇam saulsceatte ˇe man to Gifle syllan sceal 7 hio wile ˇæt man læte on ˇan lande standan .VI. ox's'an 7 .IIII. cy mid feower cealfon. 7 of [ˇa]m ˇeowan mannan æt Cinnuc hio becwi∂ Eadwolde Ceolstan Etstanes sunu 7 Æffan sunu 7 Burhwynne Mærtin 7 Hisfig 7 hio becwiˇ Ead[gy]fe ˇærangean Ælfsige ˇene coc 7 Ælfware Burgan dohtor 7 Herestan 7 his wif 7 Ecelm 7 his wif 7 hiora cild 7 Cynestan 7 Wynsige 7 Byrhtrices sunu 7 Edwynne 7 Buneles sunu 7 Ælfferer dohtor 7 hio becwi∂ Æ∂elf[læde]o Elhhelmmes dehter Ælfferes dohtor 'ˇa geonran' 7 hyre twilibrocenan cyrtel 7 oˇerne linnenne oˇˇe linnenweb 7 Eadgyfe twa mydrecan 7 ˇæranin[n]an hyre be't'sˇe bedwahrift 7 linnenne ruwan 7 eal ˇæt bedref ˇe ˇærto gebyre∂ 7p hyre betstan dunnan tunecan 7 hyre 'beteran' mentel 7 hyre twa tr'e'owenan gesplottude cuppan 7 hyre ealdan gewiredan preon is an .VI. mancussum. 7 sylle man hyre .IIII. mancussas of hyre sa......q bege 7 an lang healwahrift 7 oˇer sceort 7 ˇrio sethrægl 7 hio an Ceoldryˇe hyre blacena tunecena swa ˇer hyre leofre beo 7 hyre be't's∂ haliryft 7 hyre betsˇan bindan [7 Æˇelf]læder ˇisse Hwitan hyre cincda∂enan cyrtel 7 cuffian 7 bindan 7 finde Æ∂elflæd syˇˇan an hyre nun's'crude loce hwæt hio bets∂ mæge Wulfflæde 7 Æˇelgife 7 ice mid golde ˇæt hyra ægˇer hyru hæbbe .LX. peneng[a wyr]ˇ 7 Ceolwynne 7 Edburge ˇæt sy .XXX. penega wyrˇ 7 ˇær synt twa micle myd'e'rcan 7 an hræglcys∂ 7 an lytulu towmyderce 7 eac twa ealde mydercan ˇenne an hio Æˇelflæde on ælcum ˇingum ˇe ˇær unbecweden bi∂ on bocum 7 an swilcum lytlum 7 hio gelyf∂ [ˇ]æt hio wille hyre saulle geˇencan 7 ˇær synt eac wahriftu sum ˇe hyre wyr∂e bi∂ 7 ˇa læstan hio mæg syllan hyre wimmannon 7 hio becwi∂ Cynelufe hyre dæl ˇera wildera horsa ˇe mid Eadmære's' synt 7 hio an Æˇelflede hyre hy...ppes 7 ˇara andlumena 7 ealra ˇera getæsa ˇet ˇærbinnan beo∂ 7 eac ∂æs worˇiges gif his hyre se cing an swa swa Eadweard cing ær his Byrhtwynne hyre meder geuˇe 7 hæbbe Eadwold 7 his sweostor hyre taman hors g[e]'mæn' ...t his agene toforan. a Three letters missing. The first may be w, f, s, r or p. b Hole in MS. Kemble's emendation. c Space for about six letters. d Hole in MS. Space for about eight letters. e Tear in MS. Kemble's emendation. f Hole in MS. Space for seven or eight letters. g Gap and tear in MS. h Hole in MS. K., T. En[e]fætte. i Last letter uncertain. T. -a, K. -es. j Long gap and tear in MS. k y written over e l Gap for twelve or more letters, and tear. K. [n....ec..an], not now visible. m Small hole in MS. Space for two or possibly three letters. n Small hole. Space for one letter. o Hole in MS. This is a little wider than the space usually occupied by -læde. p There is a long gap in the MS. here, perhaps an erasure. q A long horizontal tear in MS. K., T. sa[ulesceatte...]. r Hole in MS. Kemble's emendation. s Corner of MS. missing. K. [sa....cu] but there is now no trace of this. t Corner of MS. missing.