Anglo-Saxon Wills

This 1930 volume contains the original texts of the great majority of surviving Anglo-Saxon wills drawn up in the tenth and eleventh centuries.

List of contents

General preface H. D. Hazeltine; Preface; List of abbreviations; Addenda; 1. The will of Bishop Theodred; 2. The will of Ælfgar; 3. The will of Wynaflæd; 4. The will of Bishop Ælfsige; 5. The bequest of Ordnoth and his wife to Winchester Cathedral; 6. Æthelgeard's bequest to the New Minster, Winchester; 7. Brihtric Grim's bequest to Winchester Cathedral; 8. The will of Ælfgifu; 9. The will of the Ealdorman Ælfheah; 10. The will of the Ealdorman Æthelmær; 11. The will of Brihtric and Æfswith; 12. The will of Æthelwold; 13. The will of Ælfhelm; 14. The will of Æthelflæd; 15. The will of Ælfflæd; 16i. The will of Æthelric; 16ii. King Ethelred's confirmation of Æthelric's will; 17. The will of Wulfric; 18. The will of Archbishop Ælfric; 19. The will of wulfgeat; 20. The will of the Ætheling Æthelstan; 21. The will of Wulfwaru; 22. Æthelflæd's bequest to St Paul's; 23. The will of Mantat the Anchorite; 24. The will of the Thurketel of Palgrave; 25. The will of Thurketel Heyng; 26. The will of Bishop Ælfric; 27. The will of Wulfsige; 28. The will of Ælfric Modercope; 29. The will of Leofgifu; 30. Thurstan's bequest to Christchurch; 31. The will of Thurstan; 32. The will of wulfgyth; 33. The will of Edwin; 34. The will of Ketel; 35. Bishop Æthelmær's bequest to Bury; 36. The bequest of Thurkil and Æthelglyth to Bury; 37. The will of Siflæd; 38. Another will of Siflæd; 39. The will of Ulf and Madselin; Notes; Index nominum; Index locorum; Index rerum.

Summary

This 1930 volume contains the original texts of the great majority of surviving Anglo-Saxon wills drawn up in the tenth and eleventh centuries. They are of special interest for the light they cast on the connections of those who made the wills, and the ways in which the testators managed the disposition of their possessions.

Product details

• Authors: Dorothy Whitelock
• Assisted by: Dorothy Whitelock (Translation), Whitelock Dorothy (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.11.2011
• EAN: 9781107402218
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40221-8
• No. of pages: 302
• Series: Anglo-Saxon Charters in the Vernacular 3 Volume Set; Anglo-Saxon Charters in the Vernacular 3 Volume Set
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; CE period up to c 1500, British & Irish history, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE