Source: CharterS1503a

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Will of Æthelstan Mannessune, including bequests of land at Chatteris, Cambs., to Ramsey abbey, and at Wold (near Witchford), Cambs., to Ely abbey; at Clapham, Beds. Graveley, Cambs. Waresley, Hunts. and Elsworth, Cambs., to his wife for her lifetime, with reversion to Ramsey abbey; half the land at Knapwell, Cambs., to his wife, and half to Leofsige, his kinsman; land at Over, Cambs., and Holywell, Hunts., to his wife; at Cottenham, Cambs., to his son; at Great Gransden, Cambs., to his elder daughter; 2 hides at Hatley, Cambs., to his sister; land at Slepe (St Ives, Hunts.) and at Hackthorn, Lincs., to his younger daughter Ælfwenna, and her heirs, with ultimate reversion to Ramsey abbey; the remainder of the estate at Hatley to Leofsige; land at Potton, Beds., to the son of Leofsige's brother, after the death of Æffe, if he can get it from her by litigation; half the fishery at Welle (cf. Upwell and Outwell, Cambs. and Norfolk) to his wife, and the other half to his son and two daughters

Charter information
Sawyer 1503a
Birch ---
Kemble ---
British Academy ---
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Archive(s) Ramsey
Source Information
Language Latin
Scholarly Source Dating 986

Notes

Raftis 1957, pp. 13-14; Blake, Liber Eliensis, p. 91; Hart 1964/1, Latin abstract of vernacular will, cannot be complete for no mention is made of heriot; Hart, ECEE, no. 21 (pp. 29, 45, 101-2), authentic, cf. no. 22; Gelling, ECTV, no. 5, authentic; Hart 1992, pp. 613-23; Kennedy 1995, p. 144; Pelteret 1995, pp. 143-3; Wareham 1996, pp. 49-53.

Edition(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
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Chronica Abbatiae Ramesiensis Macray, W.D. Chronica Abbatiae Ramesiensis London 1886 59-60