Source: CharterS1497

Edition(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp. Whitelock, Dorothy The Will of Æthelgifu Oxford 1968

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp. Whitelock, Dorothy The Will of Æthelgifu Oxford 1968

Factoid List

View Factoid Type Source Ref Primary Person Short Description Personal Relationship S1497    Ælfgifu 17 was Lady of Æthelgifu 15 RecordedNames S1497    Leofric 29 (leofric æt weowdune) RecordedNames S1497    Wulfstan 45 (wulfstan æt cocerenho) RecordedNames S1497    Dufe 1 (dufa þa eald) Occupation S1497    Anonymous 998 Shepherd Occupation S1497    Anonymous 997 Dæge Occupation S1497    Anonymous 996 Shepherd Occupation S1497    Wulfric 55 Hunter Occupation S1497    Beorhthelm 1 Swineherd Occupation S1497    Anonymous 983 Swineherd Occupation S1497    Anonymous 980 Swineherd Occupation S1497    Eadstan 9 Swineherd Occupation S1497    Anonymous 970 Fuller Occupation S1497    Anonymous 968 Shepherd Occupation S1497    Anonymous 965 Swineherd Occupation S1497    Wine 8 Miller Personal Relationship S1497    Eadhelm 17 was Nephew, sister’s son of Æthelgifu 15 Personal Relationship S1497    Æthelric 42 was Godson of Æthelgifu 15 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymi 2669 was Child of Anonymous 1001 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymous 1002 was Daughter of Cynewynn 1 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymi 2669 was Child of Æthelwine 26 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymous 1000 was Wife of Sidemon 1 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymous 1001 was Wife of Æthelwine 26 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymous 995 was Son of Dufe 1 Personal Relationship S1497    Gundbuth 1 was Son of Æthelfrith 24 Personal Relationship S1497    Ælfwaru 5 was Daughter of Anonymous 992 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymous 994 was Cnapa of Mann 7 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymi 2668 was Child of Wulfric 55 Personal Relationship S1497    Ælfwaru 5 was Daughter of Wulfric 55 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymous 991 was Wife of Mann 7 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymous 992 was Wife of Wulfric 55 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymi 2662 was Son of Mann 7 Personal Relationship S1497    Ælfgifu 19 was Niece of Æthelgifu 15 Personal Relationship S1497    Wulfmær 18 was Nephew, sister’s son of Æthelgifu 15 Personal Relationship S1497    Leofwine 51 was Son of Wulfmær 18 Personal Relationship S1497    Godwif 1 was Daughter of Leofrun 5 Personal Relationship S1497    Leofrun 5 was Kinswoman of Æthelgifu 15 Personal Relationship S1497    Ælfheah 47 was Son of Ælfwald 56 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymous 989 was Son of Beorhthelm 1 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymous 987 was Sister of Beorhthelm 33 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymous 986 was Stepdaughter of Wulfstan 45 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymi 2661 was Son of Wulfstan 45 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymous 981 was Wife of Grim 5 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymous 980 was Son of Eadstan 9 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymous 979 was Wife of Mann 6 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymous 978 was Wife of Wynnsige 23 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymi 2660 was Child of Anonymous 977 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymi 2660 was Child of Cynesige 6 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymous 977 was Wife of Cynesige 6 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymi 2659 was Child of Wine 8 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymous 976 was Wife of Oswig 9 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymi 2659 was Child of Anonymous 975 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymi 2658 was Child of Ælfswith 11 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymous 975 was Wife of Wine 8 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymous 974 was Stepdaughter of Siric 3 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymous 972 was Sister of Beorhtstan 4 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymous 973 was Wife of Domic 1 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymi 2656 was Child of Anonymous 969 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymi 2656 was Child of Eadric 39 Personal Relationship S1497    Leofwine 35 was Nephew, sister’s son of Æthelgifu 15 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymous 969 was Wife of Eadric 39 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymous 966 was Son of Anonymous 965 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymous 967 was Wife of Anonymous 965 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymous 964 was Wife of Osmund 13 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymous 963 was Daughter of Cuthmund 2 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymi 2655 was Child of Æthelwine 25 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymi 2655 was Child of Anonymi 2655 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymous 962 was Wife of Æthelwine 25 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymous 961 was Son of Edmund 23 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymous 959 was Son of Siwynn 1 Personal Relationship S1497    Anonymi 2654 was Child of Wulfhelm 26 Office S1497    Beornric 1 held office of Reeve Office S1497    Æthelweard 40 held office of Priest Office S1497    Anonymi 2657 held office of Priest Office S1497    Mann 7 held office of Goldsmith Office S1497    Edwin 22 held office of Priest Office S1497    Æthelred 32 held office of King (royal lord) Office S1497    George 4 held office of Priest Event S1497    Eadhelm 17 In spite of the will of Æthelgifu 15, Eadhelm 17 the son of her lord’s sister, dispossessed her of her land at Standon. Then she appealed to the King [Æthelred 46], and gave him 20 pounds; then he gave her back my land against his will. Status S1497    Anonymous 997 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymous 998 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymous 1000 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Æthelwine 26 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Dudewine 1 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymous 1002 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Eadwynn 2 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Beornflæd 1 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Sidemon 1 held status of Slave / Slave RecordedNames S1497    Leofing 3 held status of (liofing æt heanhlæwe) Status S1497    Anonymous 999 held status of Cnapa / Cnapa Status S1497    Æthelwynn 4 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Leofing 3 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymous 992 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Leofrun 6 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Æthelflæd 21 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymi 2662 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Mann 7 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymous 991 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymous 989 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Wulfstan 46 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymous 990 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Ælfric 89 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Beorhthelm 33 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Wulfstan 45 held status of Status S1497    Leofric 29 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Wulfstan 45 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Theodild 1 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Beorhtwaru 2 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymous 985 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Deormod 7 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymous 984 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymous 983 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Cyneleofu 1 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Martin 4 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Beornfrith 11 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Wulfrun 10 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Beornstan 7 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymous 981 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Eadgyth 9 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Eadflæd 3 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Grim 5 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymous 980 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Eadstan 9 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Æthelthryth 9 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Dufe 1 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymous 979 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymous 978 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Wynnsige 23 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Boga 1 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Mann 6 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Godhere 2 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Beorhtwine 5 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymi 2660 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymous 977 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Cynesige 6 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymous 976 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Oswig 9 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymous 974 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Ælfswith 11 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymi 2658 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymous 975 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymi 2659 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymous 973 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Siric 3 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Domic 1 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Boda 1 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Tiddulf 1 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymous 972 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymous 970 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Edwin 22 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Ufic 3 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymous 966 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymous 967 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymous 968 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Eadric 39 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymous 969 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymi 2656 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymi 2657 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Winemann 1 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Wine 8 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymous 965 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Osmund 13 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymous 964 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Mangod 1 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Mantat 1 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Wynnstan 7 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Heremod 7 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymous 963 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Eadwig 13 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Æthelwine 25 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymous 962 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymi 2655 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Heahwulf 3 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymi 2654 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymous 959 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Edmund 23 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Anonymous 961 held status of Slave / Slave Personal Relationship S1497    Æthelred 32 held status of Lord of / Lord of Status S1497    Ealdhelm 3 held status of Slave / Slave Status S1497    Wulfhelm 26 held status of Slave / Slave Event S1497    In her will Æthelgifu 15 stipulated that the following slaves should be freed from her various estates. Event S1497    Æthelgifu 15 declared her will at Hitchin (bequests of land at Westwick (in St Albans), Gaddesden, Herts.; Langford, Clifton, Beds.; Munden, Standon, Offley, Tewin, Herts.; Weedon, Bucks.; London; Watford, Herts.; and Thrope; the beneficiaries including St Albans Abbey and (? the churches of) Hitchin, Braughing and Welwyn, Herts.). Transaction S1497    Æthelgifu 15 to her royal lord [King Æthelred 32]; bequest of 30 mancuses of gold and 2 stallions, which must be offered to him, and my deer-hounds; and to my lady [Ælfgifu 17] 30 mancuses of gold. Transaction S1497    Æthelgifu 15 to St Albans 1; bequest of land and goods at Westwick and Gaddesden, Herts. Transaction S1497    Æthelgifu 15 to Æthelstan 58; bequest of the slaves Æthelwine 25 and his wife [Anonymous 962] Transaction S1497    Æthelgifu 15 to Ælfnoth 28; bequest of land at Langford, Beds. along with goods and Wine 8 the miller [mylnere] and the swineherd's [Anonymous 965] [swan] son [Anonymous 966] and wife [Anonymous 967] and the younger shepherd [Anonymous 968] Transaction S1497    Æthelgifu 15 to Leofwine 35, her sister's son; bequest of Clifton, Beds. along with other gifts Transaction S1497    Æthelgifu 15 to Edwin 22, priest; bequest of his freedom and the church for his lifetime and Beorhtstan 4's sister [Anonymous 972] Transaction S1497    Æthelgifu 15 to Ælfwald 56; bequest of land and slaves at Munden for his lifetime with half reversion to Braughing and half to Welwynn 1. Transaction S1497    Æthelgifu 15 to Mann 6; bequest of 4 oxen Transaction S1497    Æthelgifu 15 to Leofsige 13; bequest of land and property at Standon, Herts. with reversion to Ælfwald 56 and then to St Albans 1 Transaction S1497    Æthelgifu 15 to Leofsige 13; bequest of land at Offley, Herts. and Weedon, Bucks. Transaction S1497    Æthelgifu 15 to Ælfwald 56 and Ælfheah 47 [the latter's son?]; bequest of the messuage in London, each to take a half. Transaction S1497    Æthelgifu 15 to her kinswomen Leofrun 5 and Godwif 1, Leofrun 5's daughter; bequest of land at Watford, Herts. Transaction S1497    Æthelgifu 15 bequeathing her effects. Transaction S1497    Towards the end of her will Æthelgifu 15 bequeaths several of her servants to members of her family; the following is a summary of that bequest. Possession S1497    Winemann 1 half hide at Clifton RecordedNames S1497    Siwynn 1 (siwynn) Status S1497    Ymme 1 RecordedNames S1497    Ymme 1 (ymma) RecordedNames S1497    Beorhtstan 4 (byrhstan) RecordedNames S1497    Beorhtwine 6 (brihtwine) Occupation S1497    Beornstan 7 RecordedNames S1497    Domic 1 (domic) RecordedNames S1497    Dudewine 1 (dudewine) RecordedNames S1497    Ealdhelm 3 (ealdelm) RecordedNames S1497    Edwin 22 (eadwine) RecordedNames S1497    Ælfsige 83 (Ælfsige [Ci]ld)