Source: CharterS1494

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Will of Æthelflæd, including bequest of land at Lambourn, Cholsey and Reading, Berks., to the king; at Damerham, Hants., to Glastonbury; at Hamme to Christ Church, Canterbury; at Woodham, Essex, to Ealdorman Beorhtnoth and her sister for life, with reversion to St Mary's, Barking; at Hadham, Herts., to the same, for life, with reversion to St Paul's, London; at Fen Ditton, Cambs., to Ely Abbey; at Cockfield and Chelsworth, Suffolk, to the same for life, with reversion to St Edmunds, Bedericesworth (Bury); at Fingringhoe, Essex, to the same for life, with reversion to St Peter's, Mersea; at Polstead, Suffolk, to the same for life, with reversion to Stoke (? Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk); at Withermarsh, Suffolk, to Stoke; at Stratford St Mary, Lavenham, Balsdon, Suffolk, and at Peldon, Mersea and Greenstead (near Colchester), Essex, to Ealdorman Beorhtnoth and her sister for life, with reversion to Stoke; at Elmsett, Suffolk, to the same for life, with reversion to Edmund; at Thorpe (? Morieux, Suffolk), to Hadleigh, Suffolk; at Wickford, Essex, to Sibriht, her kinsman; at Hadham, Herts., to Ecgwine, her reeve; at Donyland, Essex, to Beorhtwald, her servant, to Ælfwald and Æthelmær, her priests, and to Ælfgeat, her kinsman; and at Waldingfield, Suffolk, to Crawe, her kinswoman.

Charter information
Sawyer 1494
Birch 1288
Kemble 685
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Bury St Edmunds
Source Information
Language Old English
Scholarly Source Dating 962 x 991

Notes

Bond 1878, p. 7, MS 1 is s. xi; Sweet, Reader, p. 289; Whitelock, Wills, pp. 137-41; Darlington 1955, p. 95; Hart, ECEE, no. 58, authentic; Stenton 1970, p. 35, on the reversion to St Paul's; Hart, ECE, no. 18, authentic, discusses descent of Essex estates; PN Berks., i. 162, 170, ii. 333; Gem 1978, p. 105, on Cholsey; Gelling, ECTV, no. 122 (pp. 62, 84), authentic, with addendum, p. 188; Dumville 1992, pp. 110-11 n. 263; Dumville 1993, pp. 36, 81, cited; Keynes 1993/2, p. 306 n. 26, on Hadham; Pelteret 1995, pp. 123-4, 130; Abrams 1996, pp. 104-7, on bequest of Damerham; cf. S 1486.

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
  Wills     no.14

Event/Transaction List

Factoid Type Source Reference Short Description
1 Transaction S1494    Æthelflæd 14 to Ealdorman Byrhtnoth 1 and [Ælfflæd 13], her sister; bequest of Polstead, Suffolk and Stratford St Mary, Lavenham, Balsdon, Suffolk, and at Peldon, Mersea and Greenstead (near Colchester), Essex with reversion to Stoke 1
2 Transaction S1494    Æthelflæd 14 to Ealdorman Byrhtnoth 1 and [Ælfflæd 13], her sister; bequest of Fingringhoe, Essex with reversion to Mersea 1
3 Transaction S1494    Æthelflæd 14 to Ealdorman Byrhtnoth 1 and [Ælfflæd 13], her sister; bequest of Cockfield and Chelsworth, Suffolk with reversion to Bury St Edmund's 1
4 Transaction S1494    Æthelflæd 14 to Ealdorman Byrhtnoth 1 and [Ælfflæd 13], her sister; bequest of Fen Ditton, Cambs. with reversion to Ely 1
5 Transaction S1494    Æthelflæd 14 to Ealdorman Byrhtnoth 1 and [Ælfflæd 13], her sister; bequest of Hadham, Herts. with reversion to London, St Paul's 1 as episcopal property.
6 Transaction S1494    Æthelflæd 14 to Ealdorman Byrhtnoth 1 and [Ælfflæd 13], her sister; bequest of Woodham, Essex with reversion to Barking, St Mary's 1
7 Transaction S1494    Æthelflæd 14 to Canterbury, Christ Church 1; bequest of land at Hamme
8 Transaction S1494    Æthelflæd 14 to her lord [Æthelred 32]; bequest of land at Lambourn, Cholsey and Reading, Berks.
9 Transaction S1494    Æthelflæd 14 to Glastonbury 1; bequest of land at Damerham, Hants.
10 Event S1494    Will of Æthelflæd 14, including bequest of land at Lambourn, Cholsey and Reading, Berks., to the king; at Damerham, Hants., to Glastonbury; at Hamme to Christ Church, Canterbury; at Woodham, Essex, to Ealdorman Byrhtnoth 1 and her sister for life, with reversion to St Mary's, Barking; at Hadham, Herts., to the same, for life, with reversion to London, St Paul's; at Fen Ditton, Cambs., to Ely 1 Abbey; at Cockfield and Chelsworth, Suffolk, to the same for life, with reversion to Bury St Edmund's; at Fingringhoe, Essex, to the same for life, with reversion to St Peter's, Mersea 1; at Polstead, Suffolk, to the same for life, with reversion to Stoke 1 (? Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk); at Withermarsh, Suffolk, to Stoke; at Stratford St Mary, Lavenham, Balsdon, Suffolk, and at Peldon, Mersea and Greenstead (near Colchester), Essex, to Ealdorman Byrhtnoth 1 and her sister for life, with reversion to Stoke; at Elmsett, Suffolk, to the same for life, with reversion to Edmund 22; at Thorpe (? Morieux
11 Transaction S1494    Æthelflæd 14 to Ealdorman Byrhtnoth 1 and [Ælfflæd 13], her sister; bequest of Elmsett, Suffolk, to the same for life, with reversion to Edmund 22
12 Transaction S1494    Æthelflæd 14 to Siberht 1, her kinsman; bequest of Thorpe (? Morieux, Suffolk), to Hadleigh, Suffolk; at Wickford, Essex
13 Transaction S1494    Æthelflæd 14 to Ecgwine 2, her reeve; bequest of land at Hadham, Herts.
14 Transaction S1494    Æthelflæd 14 to Beorhtwald 13, her servant, to Ælfwald 36 and Æthelmær 10, her priests, and to Ælfgeat 2, her kinsman; grant of 2 hides each at Donyland, Essex
15 Transaction S1494    Æthelflæd 14 to Crawe 1, her kinswoman; bequest of Waldingfield, Suffolk