Source: CharterS1531
Description
Will of Thurstan, son of Wine, including bequests of land at Wimbish, Essex, to Christ Church, Canterbury; at Harlow, Essex (except the half hide at Ealing Bridge in Harlow which Ælfwine had), and Shouldham, Norfolk, to Bury St Edmunds; land at Wetheringsett, Suffolk, and at Knapwell, Cambs., to Ely abbey; land at Weston Colville, Cambs., to Æthelswith, for life, with reversion to Ely; land at Shouldham, Norfolk, to Ramsey and St Benedict's at Holme; land at Borough Green, Cambs., to Ulfketel, if he outlives Thurstan, except a half hide at Westley Waterless and 1 hide at Dullingham (granted to Thurstan's servant, Viking); land in Norfolk and at Pentlow, Ashdon and Henham, Essex, to his wife Æthelgyth (except land at Bromleg [possibly Bromley Barn in Widdington] and half a hide at Henham, to go to the local minsters); land at Kedington, Suffolk, to the priest Ælfwig and Thurstan's chaplains Thurstan and Ordheah; land at Little Dunmow, Essex, to Merewine and his family; and instructions that land at Bidicheseye (? Bottisham, Cambs.) was to be sold and payments made to a number of beneficiaries. With an additional section detailing further bequests, including the reversion of land at Henham, Essex, to Æthelswith and then to Ely abbey; a half hide at Ongar, Essex, to Thurgot, his servant; a half hide and a haga near Marden Ash in High Ongar, Essex, to Merewine; and a half hide to Swegn.
Charter information
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| Kemble |
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| British Academy |
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Source Information
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1043 x 1045 |
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Notes
Whitelock, Wills, pp. 192-7; Fisher 1936; Hart, ECEE, no. 72 (pp. 50-1, 70, 85), authentic; Whitelock 1969, p. 112, no good reason to identify Bidicheseye with Bottisham; Hart, ECE, no. 59, authentic; Finberg 1972, p. 498, cited; HRH, p. 236, genuine; Fleming 1993, p. 121; Kennedy 1995, p. 167 n. 143; Pelteret 1995, pp. 123, 130.
Notes: Issued in triplicate, with copies kept by Bury St Edmunds, Ely and the household of the testator.
Factoid List
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Will of Thurstan 9. |
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RecordedNames |
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Thurstan 9 |
(Þurstan Wine sune) |
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Personal Relationship |
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Thurstan 9 |
was Son of Wine 22 |
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RecordedNames |
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Leofwaru 3 |
(Lefware) |
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RecordedNames |
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Æthelswith 8 |
(Egelsithe) |
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RecordedNames |
S1531 |
Wine 22 |
(Wine) |
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Personal Relationship |
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Æthelgyth 5 |
was Wife of Thurstan 9 |
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Æthelgyth 5 |
(Ailgiðe) |
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RecordedNames |
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Ælfwine 68 |
(Alfwine) |
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RecordedNames |
S1531 |
Ælfgar 49 |
(Alfgor) |
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RecordedNames |
S1531 |
Æthelric 71 |
(Aylri) |
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Personal Relationship |
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Anonymous 10072 |
was Wife of Æthelric 71 |
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RecordedNames |
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Ordheah 6 |
(Ordeh) |
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RecordedNames |
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Æthelric 72 |
(Aylric) |
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Occupation |
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Æthelric 72 |
Monk |
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RecordedNames |
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Æthelswith 8 |
(Agilswiðe) |
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RecordedNames |
S1531 |
Sæwine 1 |
(Sewine) |
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Status |
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Edward 15 |
held status of Lord for Thurstan 9 |
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RecordedNames |
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Harold 3 |
(Harold) |
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Office |
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Harold 3 |
held office of Eorl |
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Office |
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Stigand 1 |
held office of Bishop |
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RecordedNames |
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Stigand 1 |
(Stigand) |
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Personal Relationship |
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Anonymous 10073 |
was Partner of Thurstan 9 |
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Personal Relationship |
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Anonymous 10074 |
was Child of Anonymous 10073 |
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Personal Relationship |
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Anonymous 10074 |
was of Thorth 4 |
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RecordedNames |
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Thorth 4 |
(Þorþe) |
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RecordedNames |
S1531 |
Sendi Arfast 1 |
(Sendi Arfast) |
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RecordedNames |
S1531 |
Ulfcytel 11 |
(Vlfketel) |
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RecordedNames |
S1531 |
Wiking 2 |
(Wiking) |
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Office |
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Wiking 2 |
held office of Cniht for Thurstan 9 |
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RecordedNames |
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Ælfwig 25 |
(Alfwi) |
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Office |
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Ælfwig 25 |
held office of Priest |
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RecordedNames |
S1531 |
Thurstan 10 |
(Þurstan) |
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Office |
S1531 |
Thurstan 10 |
held office of Chaplain for Thurstan 9 |
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RecordedNames |
S1531 |
Ordheah 7 |
(Ordeh) |
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Office |
S1531 |
Ordheah 7 |
held office of Chaplain |
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RecordedNames |
S1531 |
Merewine 2 |
(Meruyn) |
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Personal Relationship |
S1531 |
Anonymous 10075 |
was Wife of Merewine 2 |
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Office |
S1531 |
Anonymi 10045 |
held office of Cniht for Thurstan 9 |
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RecordedNames |
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Osgod Clapa 1 |
(Osgote Clapa) |
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RecordedNames |
S1531 |
Gouti 1 |
(Gouti) |
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Office |
S1531 |
Leofstan 22 |
held office of Dean |
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Office |
S1531 |
Leofsige 40 |
held office of Abbot |
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Office |
S1531 |
Ælfwine 55 |
held office of Abbot |
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RecordedNames |
S1531 |
Ulfcytel 13 |
(Vlfketel Kild) |
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RecordedNames |
S1531 |
Osgot 6 |
(Osgot Sveyn) |
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Personal Relationship |
S1531 |
Ælfgar 46 |
was Son of Leofric 49 |
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RecordedNames |
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Osulf 4 |
(Osulf File) |
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Office |
S1531 |
Leofric 70 |
held office of Disc thegn |
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Transaction |
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From Thurstan 9's will: 'I grant the estate at Wimbish to Christchurch, for my soul and Leofwaru 3's and Æthelgyth 5's, after my day and after Æthelgyth 5's; the men are to be free, and twelve pounds by tale is to be paid by Christchurch to St Augustine's.' |
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Transaction |
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From Thurstan 9's will : 'And I grant to St Edmund's the estate at Harlow, except the half hide which Ælfwine 68 had at Ealing Bridge, and except the homestead which Ælfgar 49 occupies and the spur of land which belongs to it; and all the men are to be free. And I grant the estate at the north hall at Shouldham to St Edmund's after the death of both of us; and the men are to be free.' |
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Transaction |
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From Thurstan 9's will: 'And I grant to Ely the estate at Wetheringsett, except the land that Æthelric 71 has. He is to hold that freely for his life and his wife's [Anonymous 10072], and after the death of them both, it is to go to the village church and the men are to be free.' |
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Transaction |
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From Thurstan 9's will: 'I grant the estate at Knapwell to Ely, except the land which Ordheah 6 and the monk Æthelric 72 hold; and the men are to be free.' |
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Transaction |
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From Thurstan 9's will: 'I grant the estate at Weston to Æthelswith 8, and after her death to Ely, except the land which Sæwine 1 holds in return for service, which is to go to the village church; and the men are to be free.' |
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Transaction |
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From Thurstan 9's will: 'I grant half the estate at the middle hall at Shouldham to St Benedict's at Ramsey, and half to St Benedict's at Holme, as it belongs there after the death of both of us; and the men are to be free.' |
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Transaction |
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From Thurstan 9's will: 'I grant to my royal lord [Edward 15] as heriot two marks of gold and two horses with trappings, and a helmet and a coat of mail and a sword and two shields and two spears. And I desire that the estate at Bidicheseye shall be sold, and that two marks of gold shall be taken from that estate for the King's heriot; and Earl Harold 3 [is to receive] half a mark of gold, and Bishop Stigand 1 half a mark of gold, and my partner [Anonymous 10073] one mark of gold; and one mark of gold [is to be given] to his child, Thorth 4's brother [Anonymous 10074], and one mark of gold to Sendi Arfast 1. And what is left over, the heirs are to distribute it for the sake of his soul in his partner's witness, except that the outermost mill is to go to St Æthelburg's at Barking.' |
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Transaction |
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From Thurstan 9's will: 'it is my wish that Ulfcytel 11's and my partnership shall hold good, on the terms to which we have agreed; namely, the estate at Borough [is to go] to whichever of us shall live the longer - except half a hide at Westley and a hide at Dullingham which I grant to my servant Wiking 2 - and Ulfcytel 11 has laid down on his side four marks.' |
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Transaction |
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From Thurstan 9's will: 'I grant to my wife Æthelgyth 5 everything which I have in Norfolk, as I gave it to her before as a marriage payment and in accordance with our contract; and the estate at Pentlow and at Ashdon, except the land at Bromley which is to go to the village church after the death of us both. And I grant to Æthelgyth 5 the estate at Henham, except half a hide which is to go to the church.' |
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Transaction |
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From Thurstan 9's will: 'I grant to the priest Ælfwig 25 and to my chaplain Thurstan 10 and to my chaplain Ordheah 7 that they shall have the estate at Kedington after our death.' |
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Transaction |
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From Thurstan 9's will: 'I grant to Merewine 2 and his wife [Anonymous 10075] and their children [Anonymi 10044] the estate at Dunmow except half a hide which is to go to the church, and a homestead.' |
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Personal Relationship |
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Anonymi 10044 |
was Children of Merewine 2 |
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Transaction |
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From Thurstan 9's will: 'And to my cnihts [Anonymi 10045] I grant the wood at Ongar, except the deer-enclosure and the stud which I have there.' |
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Transaction |
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Thurstan 9 and Æthelgyth 5 and Askil 2 grant to Æthelswith 8 the estate at Henham after their death; and after her death the estate is to go to St Etheldreda's for her own soul and for Thurstan 9's and for Æthelgyth 5's, and for Leofwaru 3's and for Askil 2's, except the two hides which Æthelmær 38 Parl has, and except the one hide which Wulfmær 24 had, and one yardland which Lustwine 1 had. |
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Æthelmær 38 |
(Aylmer Parl) |
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RecordedNames |
S1531 |
Lustwine 1 |
(Lustwine) |
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RecordedNames |
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Wulfmær 24 |
(Wlmare) |
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Event |
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Thurstan 9 manumitted the men on his estates at Wimbish, Harlow, Shouldham, Wetheringsett, Knapwell, Weston. |
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