S 1498

A.D. 977 x 982. Will of Æthelmær, ealdorman, including bequests of 13 hides previously held by Lufa, to New Minster, Winchester; of land at Tidworth, Hants., to his wife, with reversion to New Minster; and of land at Igeneshamme (? Inglesham, Wilts. or Eynsham, Oxon.) and Cottesmore (lost, in Broadwell, Oxon.) to his sons. Old English, Middle English and Latin versions

Archive:

Winchester, New Minster

MSS:

1. Shirburn Castle, Earl of Macclesfield, Liber Abbatiae, ff. 35v-36v (s. xv 1)
2. London, British Library, Lansdowne 717, ff. 46r-47r (s. xvi; ex 1; Latin and ME bounds only)

Printed:

Edwards, Liber de Hyda, pp. 254-8; Miller, New Minster, no. 25; Miller, New Minster, Appendix, pp. 198-200, Middle English and Latin translations

Translated:

Edwards, Liber de Hyda, pp. 363-5

Printed and Translated:

Whitelock, Wills, no. 10 (pp. 24-7), Old English only

Comments:

Whitelock, Wills, pp. 125-8, Cottesmore located in Rutland; PN Oxon., i. 308, Cottesmore was lost place in Broadwell, Oxon; Finberg, ECW, no. 125, authentic; Hart, ECEE, no. 151 (pp. 100-1, 107), authentic; Biddle et al. 1976, p. 427; Brooks 1978, pp. 87-91, on heriot; Gelling, ECTV, no. 280, p. 189, authentic; on identifications; Keynes 1990, p. 253; Keynes 1996, p. 30, on Winchester context; Sawyer 1998, p. 232, Burnan is probably not in Lincolnshire; Foot 2000, II. 153, 174, 225, 250; Miller, New Minster, no. 25, authentic

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    • + Æðelmær ealdorman cyð on ðysum gewrite his cynehlaforde 7 eallum his freondum <hwæt> his cwyde wæs to his nyhstan dæge. þæt is þonne þæt ic gean Gode ærest, for mine sawle, to Wintanceastre into niwan mynstre, þære ic me restan wille, an hund mancesa goldes 7 tyn pund peneta 7 min scrin 7 .xiii. hida landes ðæs þe Lufa ahte mid mete 7 mid mannum ealswa hit stent 7 ic æt minum hlaforde gebohte ða hit to his handa forwyrht <wæs>, mid hundtwelftigum mancesum goldes æt Cyrthugtune on Aþelwoldes bysceopes gewitnesse 7 ealra minra geferena. 7 ic gean þæs landes æt Tudanwyrðe minum wife hire dæg 7 æfter dæge gange mid hire lice þær ic reste for uncre begra sawle. 7 ic gean into ealdan mynstre into sancte Trinitate an hund mancesa goldes 7 tyn pund penaga, 7 .ii. pund into nunnena mynstra, 7 .ii. pund into mæssepreosta gylde, 7 .i. pund into diacona gylde, 7 into Cristes cyrican on Cantuwarabyrig .iii. pund, 7 .ii. pund into sancte Agustyne, 7 .ii. pund into Hrofeceastere, 7 .ii. pund into Abbandune, 7 .ii. pund into Rumesige, 7 .ii. pund into Wiltune, 7 .ii. pund into Sceaftesbyrig, 7 .vi. pund into Glæstyngabyrig, 7 .ii. pund into Mealdelmesbyrig, 7 .i. pund into Baðan, 7 .i. pund into Cracgelade, 7 .i. pund into Burnan. 7 minum hiredcnihtum .v. pund to gedale, 7 ic becweðe minum cynehlaforde to heregeatuwum .iiii. beagas on ðrym hund mancesum goldes 7 .iiii. sweord 7 .viii. hors, feower gerædode 7 .iiii. ungerædode, 7 .iiii. helmas 7 .iiii. byrnan 7 .viii. speru 7 .viii. scyldas. 7 ic an minan yldran suna ðæs landes æt Igeneshamme 7 þam gingran þæs æt Cottesmore 7 þæs ðe ðær <to hyrð>. 7 ic an minum bearnum to gedale þreo hund mancesa goldes. 7 ic gean syððan minum wife ealles ðæs ðe ic gean ge on lande ge on æhtum to þam forewordun þe wit mid wedde unc betweonan gefæstnodon.
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    • + Æ∂elmær ealdorman cy∂ on ∂ysum gewrite his cynehlaforde 7 eallum his freondum his cwyde wæs to his nyhstan dæge. ˇæt is ˇonne ˇæt ic gean Gode ærest, for mine sawle, to Wintanceast