Source: CharterS1483
Description
Will of Ælfgar, including bequests of land at Cockfield, Suffolk; Fen Ditton, Cambs.; Lavenham, Suffolk; Baythorne, Essex; Monks Eleigh, Suffolk; Colne, Tey, Peldon, (West) Mersea, Greenstead, Tidwoldingstone (Heybridge near Maldon) and Totham, Essex; Ashfield and Rushbrook, Suffolk; the beneficiaries including St Edmunds Bedericesworth; the community at Stoke (probably Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk); Barking, St Mary's; Canterbury, Christ Church; and London, St Paul's.
Charter information
| Sawyer |
1483 |
| Birch |
1012 |
| Kemble |
1222 |
| British Academy |
--- |
| Source Used |
Birch |
| Archive(s) |
Bury St Edmunds |
|
Source Information
| Language |
Old English |
| Scholarly Source Dating |
946 x 951 |
|
Notes
Whitelock, Wills, pp. 103-8; Hart, ECEE, no. 50, authentic; Hart, ECE, no. 11, authentic; Finberg 1972, p. 481, on an assessment; Brooks 1978, pp. 87-91, on heriot; Hart 1987/1, pp. 64, 68-9; Hart 1992, pp. 127-31, 134; Dumville 1993, p. 35, cited; Stafford 1994, pp. 231-3, on testator's intentions.
Translation(s)
|
Editor |
Article or Book Title |
Journal or Pub.Loc. |
Date |
pp. |
 |
|
Wills
|
|
|
no.2 |
|