S 1536
A.D. 1002 x 1004. Will of Wulfric, 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. English.
Archive: Burton
MSS: 1. Burton-on-Trent, Museum, Burton Muniments 1 (s. xi2; OS Facs., iii, Anglesey 2)
2. Aberystwyth, N.L.W., Peniarth 390, 180v-181v = pp. 360-2 (s. xiii med.)
3. BL Loan MS 30 (Marquess of Anglesey), 9rv (s. xiii1)
4. Bodleian, Dugdale 11, 10r-11r (s. xvii; ex 3)
5. Bodleian, James 25, p. 164 (s. xvii; incomplete; ex 3)
6. Bodleian, Rawl. B. 350, 70r-71r (s. xvii; ex 3)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 266-7; K 1298; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), iii. 37-8 (no. 3); Thorpe, pp. 543-9, with translation; Earle, pp. 218-22; Bridgeman 1916/1, with translation; Whitelock, Wills, no. 17 (pp. 46-51), with translation; Sawyer, Burton, no. 29 ex MSS 1, 2, 3.
Translated: Duignan and Carter 1886, pp. 107-13; Stevenson 1911/1, pp. 14-19; Whitelock, EHD, no. 125 (pp. 586-9); Sawyer, Burton, pp. xv-xix.
Comments: 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.
In Nomine Domini . Her swutelað Wulfric his hleofan hlaforde his cwyde 7 eallon his freondon . þæt is þæt ic geann minon hlaforde twa hund mancessa goldes . 7 twa seolforhilted sweord . 7 feower hors . twa gesadelode . 7 twa ungesadelode . 7 þa wæpna þe þærto gebyriað . 7 ic geann ælcum bisceope . v . mancessa goldes . 7 þam twam arcebisceopan . heora ægþran tyn mancusas goldes . 7 ic geann into ælcum munucregole . i . pund . 7 ælcon abbode . 7 ælcon abbatissan . v . mancusas goldes . 7 ic geann Ælfrice arcebisceope þæs landes æt Dumeltan forð mid þon oðran for minon sawle . wið þan þe he freond . 7 fultum ðe betere sy into þære stowe þe ic geworht hæbbe . 7 ic gean Ælfhelme . 7 Wulfage þæra landa betwux Ribbel . 7 Mærse . 7 on Wirhalum . þe heo hig dælan him betweonan . swa hig efnost magon . butan heora ægðer his agen habban wille . on þæt gerad þonne 'sceadd' genge sy . þæt heora ægðer sylle . iii . þusend sceadda . into þæra stowa æt Byrtune . 7 ic geann Ælfhelme Rolfestun . 7 Heorlfestun . 7 ic geann Wulfage þæs landes æt Beorelfestune . 7 æt Mærchamtune 7 ic geann Ælfhelme þæs landes æt Cunugesburh . wið þon þe he do þæt þa mvnucas . habban ælce geare þriddan dæl þæs fisces . 7 he ða twa dæl . 7 ic geann Wulfage þæs landes æt Alewaldestune . 7 ic geann Ufegeate þæs landes æt Norðtune . on þæt gerad þæt he freond 7 fultum þe betere sy into þære stowe . 7 ic geann minre earman dehter þæs landes æt Elleforda . 7 þæs æt Aclea . mid eallon þam þe þær nu to herð . þa hwile hire ðe hire dæg bið . 7 ofer hire dæg ga þæt land into þære stowe æt Byrtune . 7 heo hit nage mid nanon þinge to forwyrcenne . ac hæbbe heo ðone bryce þa hwile þe heo hit geearnigean cann . 7 ga hit syððan into þæra stowe æt Byrtone . forðon þe hit wæs mines godfæder gyfu . 7 ic wille 'þæt Ælfhelm' si hire mund . 7 þæs landes . 7 þæt æt Tamwurþin hire to nanon þeowdome . ne nanon geborenan men . butan þæt heo þone ealdordom hæbbe . 7 ic geann Wulfgare minan cnihte þæs landes æt Baltryðeleage . ealswa his fæder hit him begeat . 7 ic becweðe Morcare þæt land æt Walesho . 7 þæt æt Weogendeþorpe . 7 þæt æt Hwitewylle . 7 þæt æt Clune . 7 þæt æt Barleburh . 7 þæt æt Ducemannestune . 7 þæt æt Moresburh . 7 þæt æt Eccingtune . 7 þæt æt Bectune . 7 þæt æt Doneceastre . 7 æt Morlingtun . 7 ic geann his wife Aldulfestreo . ealswa hit nu stont mid mete . 7 mid mannon . 7 ic geann Ælfhelme minan mæge . þæs landes æt Paltertune . 7 þæs ðe Scegð me becwæð . 7 ic geann Æþelrice þæt land æt Wibbetofte . 7 þæt æt Twongan . his dæg . 7 ofer his dæg . ga þæt land for mine sawle . 7 for minre meder . 7 for his into Byrtune . And þys synd þa land þe ic geann into Byrtune . þæt is ærest Byrtun þe þæt mynster on stent . 7 Strættun . 7 Bromleage . 7 Bedintun . 7 Gageleage . 7 Witestun . 7 Laganford . 7 Styrcleage . 7 Niwantun æt þære wic . 7 Wædedun . 7 þæt lyttle land þe ic ah on oðer Niwantune . 7 Wineshylle . 7 Suttun . 7 Ticenheale . 7 þæt æt Scenctune . 7 þæt æt Wicgestane . 7 þæt æt Halen . 7 Hremesleage . 7 þæt æt Sciplea . 7 þæt æt Suðtune . 7 þæt æt Actune twegra manna dæg ealswa þa foreword sprecað . 7 Deorlafestun . 7 þæt þærto hereð . þæt is Rudegeard . 7 min lyttle land on Cotewaltune . 7 Lege mid eallon þam þe þærto hereð . acorfe mid þam þe þærto hereð . þæt is Hilum . 7 Celfdun . 7 Cætesþyrne . 7 þæt heregeatland æt Suðtune . 7 Morlege . 7 Bregdeshale . Mortun . 7 eall seo socna þe ðærto hereð . 7 þæt land þyderinn æt Pillesleage . 7 Oggodestun . 7 Wynnefeld . 7 Snodeswic into Mortune . 7 þæt æt Taðawyllan . 7 þæt land æt Æppelbyg . þe ic gebohte mid minum feo . 7 þæt æt Westune . 7 Burhtun . 7 seo hid æt Scearnforda . into Wiggestane . 7 þæt æt Hereburgebyrig . 7 Ealdeswurðe . 7 Ælfredingtune . 7 Eccleshale . 7 æt Waddune . 7 an hida æt Sceon . And ic geann þam hirede in Tamwurðin . þæt land æt Langandune . ealswa hi hit ær me to leton . 7 habban hi þone bryce healfne . 7 healfne þa munucas into Byrtun . ge on mete . ge on mannon . 'ge on yrfe' ge on eallon þingon . 7 se bisceop fo to his lande æt Bubba'n'dune . 7 fon ða munucas into Byrtune . to þam þe on þam land is . ge on mete ge on mannon . ge on eallon þingon . 7 þæt land þam bisceope æt þære syle . 7 ic wylle þæt se cyning beo hlaford . þæs mynstres ðe ic getimbrede . 7 þæra landara þe ic ðyderinn becweden hæbbe gode to lofe . 7 to wurðmynta minan hlaforde . 7 for minra sawla . 7 Ælfric arceb . 7 Ælfhelm min broðor . þæt hig beon mund . 7 freond . 7 forespreocan . into ðære stowe wið ælcne geborenne mann . heom to nanre agenre æhta . butan into sanctus Benedictus regole . 7 ic geann minre goddehter Morkares . 7 Aldgyðe . þæt land æt Strættune . 7 ðone bule þe wæs hire ealdermoder . 7 into þam mynstre æt Byrtune . an hund wildra horsa . 7 sextena tame hencgestas . 7 þærto eall þæt ic hæbbe on libbendan . 7 on licgendan . butan 'þan' ðe ic becweden hæbbe 7 god ælmihtig hine awende of eallum godes dreame . of ealra cristenra gemanan . se ðe þis awende . butan hit min an cynehlaford sy . 7 ic hopyge to him swa godan . 7 swa mildheortan . þæt he hit nylle sylf don . ne eac nanum oþrum menn geþafian. Valete in Cristo . Amen .