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Will of Wulfric Spot, including bequests of land at Dumbleton, Gloucs.; in south Lancs.; in Wirral; at Rolleston, Harlaston, Staffs.; Beorelfestune (? Barlaston, Staffs. or Barlestone, Leics.); Marchington, Staffs.; Conisborough, Yorks. WR; Alvaston, Derbys.; Northtune (? Norton juxta Twycross, Leics.); Elford, Oakley, Tamworth, Balterley, Staffs.; Walesho (? Wales, Yorks. WR); Thorpe Savin, Yorks. WR; Whitwell, Clowne, Barlborough, Duckmanton, Mosborough, Eckington, Beighton, Derbys.; Doncaster, Yorks. WR; Morlingtune; Austrey, Warwicks.; Palterton, Derbys.; Wibtoft, Warwicks.; Twongan (? Tonge, Leics., or Tong, Salop); Burton upon Trent, Stretton, Bromley, Pillaton, Gailey, Whiston, Staffs.; Laganford (? Longford, Salop); Stirchley, Staffs.; Niwantun æt thære wic (probably Newton by Middlewich, Cheshire); Wædedun, Niwantun (? Newton Solney, Derbys.); Winshill, Staffs.; Suttun; Ticknall, Derbys.; Shenton, Wigston Parva, Lecis.; Halen (? Hawne in Halesowen, Worcs.); Hremesleage (? Romsley, Salop); Shiplea, Salop; Suthtune (? Sutton Maddock, Salop); Actune (? Acton Trussel in Baswich, Staffs.); Darlaston, Rudyard, Cotwalton, Church Leigh, Staffs.; Okeover, Ilam, Cauldon, Derbys.; Castern, Staffs.; Suthtune (? Sutton on the Hill, Derbys.); Morley, Breadsall, Morton, Pilsley, Ogston, North Wingfield, Snodeswic, Derbys.; Tathwell, Lincs.; Appleby Magna, Leics.; Weston in Arden, Burton Hastings, Warwicks.; Sharnford, Leics.; Harbury, Warwicks.; Aldsworth, Arlington, Gloucs.; Eccleshale (? Eccleshall, Staffs.); Waddune; Sheen, Staffs.; Langandune (? Longdon, Staffs.); Bupton, Stretton, Derbys.; the beneficiaries including Archbishop Ælfric, Morcar, Burton Abbey and the community at Tamworth.

Charter information
Sawyer 1536
Birch ---
Kemble 1298
British Academy Sawyer, Burton No. 29
Source Used Brit_Ac
Archive(s) Burton
Source Information
Language Old English
Scholarly Source Dating 1002 x 1004

Notes

Bridgeman 1916/1; Whitelock, Wills, pp. 151-60; Hart, ECEE, no. 152, authentic; Forsberg 1970, pp. 31-2, on Walesho; Stenton 1971, pp. 496, 551, 553, cited; Finberg, ECWM, no. 144 (pp. 65, 149), authentic, cf. p. 237; Finberg 1972, pp. 498, 519, cited; Hart, ECNE, no. 39 (pp. 71, 84, 99, 109, 126), authentic; Brooks 1978, pp. 87-91, on heriot; Sawyer, Burton, pp. xv-xlvii, authentic; Whitelock, EHD, pp. 586-7; PN Staffs., i. 26, 91, 103; Hooke 1990, p. 327, cited; PN Shrops., i. 181-2, 280, 293, Tong, Salop, probably preferable; Reynolds 1992, p. 218 n. 33, on terminology (= 1994, p. 330 n. 35); Pelteret 1995, pp. 284, 307, cited.

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Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
  Wills     no.17

Factoid List

View Factoid Type Source Ref Primary Person Short Description
RecordedNames S1536    Ealdgyth 1 (Aldgyðe)
RecordedNames S1536    Scegth 1 (Scegð)
RecordedNames S1536    Wulfric 52 (Wulfric)
Personal Relationship S1536    Ealdgyth 1 was Wife of Morcar 2
Personal Relationship S1536    Anonymous 951 was Daughter of Ealdgyth 1
Personal Relationship S1536    Anonymous 951 was Daughter of Morcar 2
Personal Relationship S1536    Anonymous 951 was Goddaughter of Wulfric 52
Personal Relationship S1536    Ælfhelm 18 was Propinquus of Wulfric 54
Personal Relationship S1536    Anonymous 950 was Wife of Morcar 2
Personal Relationship S1536    Anonymous 948 was Daughter of Wulfric 52
Personal Relationship S1536    Ælfhelm 17 was Brother of Wulfric 52
Office S1536    Wulfgar 34 held office of Cniht
Office S1536    Ælfric 46 held office of Archbishop
Office S1536    Æthelred 32 held office of King
Personal Relationship S1536    Æthelred 32 held status of Lord of / Lord of
Event S1536    Will of Wulfric 52 Spot, including bequests of land in Gloucs., south Lancs., Staffs., Leics., Yorks., Derbys., Warwicks., Salop., Cheshire, Worcs., Lincs.; the beneficiaries including Archbishop Ælfric 46, Morcar 2, Burton 1 Abbey and the community at Tamworth 1.
Transaction S1536    Wulfric 52 to his lord, king Æthelred 32; bequest of 200 mancuses of gold, 2 silver-hilted swords and 4 horses, 2 saddled and 2 unsaddled, and the weapons which are due with them. Wulfric 52 desires that he be lord of the monastery [of Burton 1].
Transaction S1536    Wulfric 52 to Ælfric 46, archbishop; bequest of land at Dumbleton in return for his defence of the monastery that Wulfric had founded [Burton 1].
Transaction S1536    Wulfric 52 to Ælfhelm 17, his brother, and Wulfheah 14; bequest of lands between the Ribble and the Mersey, and in Wirral, on condition that 3000 should be paid to Burton 1 in season.
Transaction S1536    Wulfric 52 to Ælfhelm 17, his brother; bequest of Rolleston, Harlaston, Staffs.; Conisborough, Yorks. WR on condition that he arrange for the monks to have each year a third of the fish.
Transaction S1536    Wulfric 52 to Wulfheah 14; bequest of land at Beorelfestune (? Barlaston, Staffs. or Barlestone, Leics.); Marchington, Staffs.; Alvaston, Derbys.
Transaction S1536    Wulfric 52 to Ufegeat 1; bequest of land at Northtune (? Norton juxta Twycross, Leics.)
Transaction S1536    Wulfric 52 to his daughter [Anonymous 948]; bequeathing Elford, Oakley, Staffs. with reversion to Burton 1. She was to have the lordship of Tamworth, Staffs.
Transaction S1536    Wulfric 52 to Wulfgar 34, his cniht; bequeathing land at Balterley, Staffs. as Wulfgar 34's father had owned it.
Transaction S1536    Wulfric 52 to Morcar 2; bequest of land at Walesho (? Wales, Yorks. WR); Thorpe Savin, Yorks. WR; Whitwell, Clowne, Barlborough, Duckmanton, Mosborough, Eckington, Beighton, Derbys.; Doncaster, Yorks. WR; Morlingtune
Transaction S1536    Wulfric 52 to Morcar 2's wife [Anonymous 950]; grant of Austrey, Warwicks.
Transaction S1536    Wulfric 52 to Ælfhelm 18, his kinsman; grant of land at Palterton, Derbys. and the land that Scegth 1 had bequeathed to Wulfric 52.
Transaction S1536    Wulfric 52 to Æthelric 46; bequest of Wibtoft, Warwicks.; Twongan (? Tonge, Leics., or Tong, Salop)
Transaction S1536    Wulfric 52 to Burton 1; bequest of Burton upon Trent, Stretton, Bromley, Pillaton, Gailey, Whiston, Staffs.; Laganford (? Longford, Salop); Stirchley, Staffs.; Niwantun æt thære wic (probably Newton by Middlewich, Cheshire); Wædedun, Niwantun (? Newton Solney, Derbys.); Winshill, Staffs.; Suttun; Ticknall, Derbys.; Shenton, Wigston Parva, Lecis.; Halen (? Hawne in Halesowen, Worcs.); Hremesleage (? Romsley, Salop); Shiplea, Salop; Suthtune (? Sutton Maddock, Salop); Actune (? Acton Trussel in Baswich, Staffs.) for two lives; Darlaston with Rudyard, Cotwalton, Church Leigh, Staffs.; Okeover, Ilam, Cauldon, Derbys.; Castern, Staffs.; Suthtune (? Sutton on the Hill, Derbys.); Morley, Breadsall, Morton, Pilsley, Ogston, North Wingfield, Snodeswic, Derbys.; Tathwell, Lincs.; Appleby Magna, Leics.; Weston in Arden, Burton 1 Hastings, Warwicks.; Sharnford, Leics.; Harbury, Warwicks.; Aldsworth, Arlington, Gloucs.; Eccleshale (? Eccleshall, Staffs.); Waddune; 1 hide at Sheen, Staffs.; Bupton, Derbys.
Transaction S1536    Wulfric 52 to the community of Tamworth 1; bequest of Langandune (? Longdon, Staffs.) where they are to have half the usufruct and Burton 1 the other half.
Transaction S1536    Wulfric 52 to his goddaughter [Anonymous 951], daughter of Morcar 2 and Ealdgyth 1; bequest of Stretton, Derbys. and the brooch which had been her grandmother's.