Ælfswith 7 (Female) Ealdorman Ælfheah 33's wife, fl. 967; owner of land in Surrey
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Notes: Cf. Ælfswith 3; Ælfswith 5; Ælfswith 6.

Factoid List

Recorded Name (1)
Ælfsiþæ (1)
 S1485   
Personal Relationship (3)
Ælfswith 7 Wife (Affinal kinship) of ~ (3)
 of Ælfheah 33: S747   
 of Ælfheah 33: S866   
 of Ælfheah 33: S1485   
Event (8)
Bequeathing/will-making (2)
 Various.Ælfgifu 4 bequeathing land and goods S1484: Will of Ælfheah 33, ealdorman, including bequests of land at Wroughton, Wilts., to God (or King Edgar 11); at Crondall, Hants., to Winchester, Old Minster; at Charlton, Wilts., to Malmesbury 1 Abbey and at Sutton (? Somerset) to Bath 1 Abbey; also land at Worth (probably Littleworth in Faringdon), Cookham and Thatcham, Berks.; Chelworth, Wilts.; Incgenæsham (? Inglesham, Wilts.); Aylesbury and Wendover, Bucks., to King Edgar 11; land at Scyræburnan to Queen Ælfthryth 8; at Walkhampstead (now Godstone), Surrey, to Æthelred 32, Edgar 11's son; land at Faringdon, Berks., and Aldbourne, Wilts., to Ælfhere 10, his brother; land at Tudincgatun (? Teddington, Middx) to Godwine 6, his son; at Wyritunæ (? Purton, Wilts.) to Ælfweard 13; at Wycombe, Bucks., to Æthelweard 36, his kinsman; and at Froxfield, Hants., to Ælfwine 19, his nephew; also land at Batcombe, Somerset, to Ælfswith 7, his wife, with reversion to their son and ultimate reversion to Glastonbury 1 Abbey.: S1484    (968 x 971)
 Ælfswith 7.S889 bequeathing haga to Winchester, Old Minster 1: Ælfswith 7, matrona, to Winchester, Old Minster 1; bequest of a messuage (haga) in Winchester. The bequest was blocked.: S889    ( x 996)
Charter-witnessing (2)
 S747 - Edgar 11 granting land to Ælfheah 33 & Ælfswith 7: King Edgar 11 to Ælfheah 33, his faithful comes, and Ælfswith 7, Ælfheah 33's, wife; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Merton and Dulwich, Surrey: S747    (967)
 S866 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Glastonbury 1: King Æthelred 32 to Glastonbury 1 Abbey; grant of 40 hides (mansae) at Kyngtune (cf. Kington St Michael and Kington Langley), Wilts., formerly purchased from King Edgar 11 by Ælfswith 7, wife of Ælfheah 33, dux, for 40 mancuses of gold: S866    (987)
Grant and Gift (3)
 Edgar 11.S747 granting land to Ælfheah 33 & Ælfswith 7: King Edgar 11 to Ælfheah 33, his faithful comes, and Ælfswith 7, Ælfheah 33's, wife; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Merton and Dulwich, Surrey: S747    (967)
 S747 - Edgar 11 granting land to Ælfheah 33 & Ælfswith 7: King Edgar 11 to Ælfheah 33, his faithful comes, and Ælfswith 7, Ælfheah 33's, wife; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Merton and Dulwich, Surrey: S747    (967)
 S866 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Glastonbury 1: King Æthelred 32 to Glastonbury 1 Abbey; grant of 40 hides (mansae) at Kyngtune (cf. Kington St Michael and Kington Langley), Wilts., formerly purchased from King Edgar 11 by Ælfswith 7, wife of Ælfheah 33, dux, for 40 mancuses of gold: S866    (987)
Property-buying/purchasing (3)
 Edgar 11.S866 selling land to Ælfswith 7: King Edgar 11 to Ælfswith 7, wife of Ælfheah 33, dux; 40 hides (mansae) at Kyngtune (cf. Kington St Michael and Kington Langley), Wilts. in exchange for 40 mancuses of gold: S866    (959 x 975)
 S866 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Glastonbury 1: King Æthelred 32 to Glastonbury 1 Abbey; grant of 40 hides (mansae) at Kyngtune (cf. Kington St Michael and Kington Langley), Wilts., formerly purchased from King Edgar 11 by Ælfswith 7, wife of Ælfheah 33, dux, for 40 mancuses of gold: S866    (987)
 Ælfswith 7.S866 purchasing land from Edgar 11: Ælfswith 7, wife of Ælfheah 33, dux, to King Edgar 11; 40 mancuses of gold in exchange for 40 hides (mansae) at Kyngtune (cf. Kington St Michael and Kington Langley), Wilts.: S866    (959 x 975)
Property-exchanging (2)
 Edgar 11.S866 selling land to Ælfswith 7: King Edgar 11 to Ælfswith 7, wife of Ælfheah 33, dux; 40 hides (mansae) at Kyngtune (cf. Kington St Michael and Kington Langley), Wilts. in exchange for 40 mancuses of gold: S866    (959 x 975)
 Ælfswith 7.S866 purchasing land from Edgar 11: Ælfswith 7, wife of Ælfheah 33, dux, to King Edgar 11; 40 mancuses of gold in exchange for 40 hides (mansae) at Kyngtune (cf. Kington St Michael and Kington Langley), Wilts.: S866    (959 x 975)