Source: CharterS1531

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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
Sawyer 1531
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Source Information
Scholarly Source Dating 1043 x 1045

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

View Factoid Type Source Ref Primary Person Short Description
Event S1531    Will of Thurstan 9.
RecordedNames S1531    Thurstan 9 (Þurstan Wine sune)
Personal Relationship S1531    Thurstan 9 was Son of Wine 22
RecordedNames S1531    Leofwaru 3 (Lefware)
RecordedNames S1531    Æthelswith 8 (Egelsithe)
RecordedNames S1531    Wine 22 (Wine)
Personal Relationship S1531    Æthelgyth 5 was Wife of Thurstan 9
RecordedNames S1531    Æthelgyth 5 (Ailgiðe)
RecordedNames S1531    Ælfwine 68 (Alfwine)
RecordedNames S1531    Ælfgar 49 (Alfgor)
RecordedNames S1531    Æthelric 71 (Aylri)
Personal Relationship S1531    Anonymous 10072 was Wife of Æthelric 71
RecordedNames S1531    Ordheah 6 (Ordeh)
RecordedNames S1531    Æthelric 72 (Aylric)
Occupation S1531    Æthelric 72 Monk
RecordedNames S1531    Æthelswith 8 (Agilswiðe)
RecordedNames S1531    Sæwine 1 (Sewine)
Status S1531    Edward 15 held status of Lord for Thurstan 9
RecordedNames S1531    Harold 3 (Harold)
Office S1531    Harold 3 held office of Eorl
Office S1531    Stigand 1 held office of Bishop
RecordedNames S1531    Stigand 1 (Stigand)
Personal Relationship S1531    Anonymous 10073 was Partner of Thurstan 9
Personal Relationship S1531    Anonymous 10074 was Child of Anonymous 10073
Personal Relationship S1531    Anonymous 10074 was of Thorth 4
RecordedNames S1531    Thorth 4 (Þorþe)
RecordedNames S1531    Sendi Arfast 1 (Sendi Arfast)
RecordedNames S1531    Ulfcytel 11 (Vlfketel)
RecordedNames S1531    Wiking 2 (Wiking)
Office S1531    Wiking 2 held office of Cniht for Thurstan 9
RecordedNames S1531    Ælfwig 25 (Alfwi)
Office S1531    Ælfwig 25 held office of Priest
RecordedNames S1531    Thurstan 10 (Þurstan)
Office S1531    Thurstan 10 held office of Chaplain for Thurstan 9
RecordedNames S1531    Ordheah 7 (Ordeh)
Office S1531    Ordheah 7 held office of Chaplain
RecordedNames S1531    Merewine 2 (Meruyn)
Personal Relationship S1531    Anonymous 10075 was Wife of Merewine 2
Office S1531    Anonymi 10045 held office of Cniht for Thurstan 9
RecordedNames S1531    Osgod Clapa 1 (Osgote Clapa)
RecordedNames S1531    Gouti 1 (Gouti)
Office S1531    Leofstan 22 held office of Dean
Office S1531    Leofsige 40 held office of Abbot
Office S1531    Ælfwine 55 held office of Abbot
RecordedNames S1531    Ulfcytel 13 (Vlfketel Kild)
RecordedNames S1531    Osgot 6 (Osgot Sveyn)
Personal Relationship S1531    Ælfgar 46 was Son of Leofric 49
RecordedNames S1531    Osulf 4 (Osulf File)
Office S1531    Leofric 70 held office of Disc thegn
Transaction S1531    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.'
Transaction S1531    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.'
Transaction S1531    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.'
Transaction S1531    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.'
Transaction S1531    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.'
Transaction S1531    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.'
Transaction S1531    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.'
Transaction S1531    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.'
Transaction S1531    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.'
Transaction S1531    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.'
Transaction S1531    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.'
Personal Relationship S1531    Anonymi 10044 was Children of Merewine 2
Transaction S1531    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.'
Transaction S1531    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.
RecordedNames S1531    Æthelmær 38 (Aylmer Parl)
RecordedNames S1531    Lustwine 1 (Lustwine)
RecordedNames S1531    Wulfmær 24 (Wlmare)
Event S1531    Thurstan 9 manumitted the men on his estates at Wimbish, Harlow, Shouldham, Wetheringsett, Knapwell, Weston.