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Wynflaed

Anglo-Saxon noblewoman

Wynflæd or Ƿynflæd (died c. 950 or 960) was an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman and a major landowner in the areas of Hampshire, Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire.

Wynflaed

Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury

Queen of the English from 939 to 944

English kings, Eadwig (r. 955–959) and Edgar (r. 959–975). Like her mother Wynflaed, Ælfgifu had a close and special if unknown connection with the royal nunnery

Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury

Ælfgifu_of_Shaftesbury

Edmund I

King of the English from 939 to 946

including a nun called Ælfgyth, who was a patron of Wilton Abbey, and Wynflæd, the mother of Edmund's first wife. Æthelstan had granted two estates to

Edmund I

Edmund_I

War of the Wolf

2018 historical novel in The Saxon Stories series by Bernard Cornwell

he leaves, he speaks to Wynflæd and punishes her rapists on behalf of Mus. Among Hergild's men was his son, Immar, who Wynflæd says is innocent, and he

War of the Wolf

War_of_the_Wolf

List of Anglo-Saxon charters

Staffordshire; and Linton, Derbyshire Latin, Burton Edmund 485 775 A.D. 942 Wynflæd, a nun Restoration and confirmation of 7 hides (mansae) at Cheselbourne

List of Anglo-Saxon charters

List_of_Anglo-Saxon_charters

West Chinnock

Village in Somerset, England

Celtic origin. The Chinnocks were held as one estate in Saxon times by Wynflaed under Shaftesbury Abbey but by the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066

West Chinnock

West_Chinnock

Edgar, King of England

King of the English from 959 to 975

establishment for nuns, and was buried and venerated as a saint there. Her mother Wynflæd, who died around 950, was a vowess (religious woman), who was also a benefactor

Edgar, King of England

Edgar,_King_of_England

Charlton Horethorne

Village and civil parish in Somerset, England

Romano-British material has also been found. Around 950 the manor belonged to Wynflaed (d. c. 950), and may have passed to her daughter Aethelflaed. It was held

Charlton Horethorne

Charlton_Horethorne

Eadwig

King of England from 955 to 959

Edmund and his first wife Ælfgifu, who died in 944. She and her mother Wynflæd were benefactors to Shaftesbury Abbey, where Ælfgifu was buried and venerated

Eadwig

List of slave owners

first colonial merchants and ship owners to specialize in the slave trade. Wynflaed (died c. 950/960), an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman, she bequeathed a male cook

List of slave owners

List_of_slave_owners

Germanic name

Type of given name

Druhtflat, Ermenfleda, Gerflat, Gundiflat, Hrotflat, Ratflad, Sigiflat, Wynflæd The suffix is feminine only. fram spear, javelin Y Frambold, Frambert,

Germanic name

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2018 in literature

Written on "a small, stained sheet of parchment", the detailed testament of Wynflæd is thought to date from the mid- to late 10th century. October 26 – Under

2018 in literature

2018_in_literature

In Search of the Dark Ages

1979 British TV documentary series

of Mercia, Harian of Canterbury, Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, Lady Wynflæd and Eadgyth, Queen of Germany. The book was described by the TLS as "a

In Search of the Dark Ages

In_Search_of_the_Dark_Ages

East Chinnock

Village and civil parish in Somerset, England

West and Middle) were in all but rectory in Saxon times lastly owned by Wynflaed under Shaftesbury Abbey but by the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066

East Chinnock

East_Chinnock

Anglo-Saxon charters

Documents dealing with Anglo-Saxon legal affairs

Eadred, both in later copies. Anglo-Saxon women whose wills survive include Wynflæd (mother of Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury and grandmother of Kings Eadwig and Edgar)

Anglo-Saxon charters

Anglo-Saxon_charters

Middle Chinnock

Village in Somerset, England

Middle Chinnock. The Chinnocks were held as one estate in Saxon times by Wynflaed under Shaftesbury Abbey but by the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066

Middle Chinnock

Middle_Chinnock

Max Adams

British author

The book covers a range of historical women: from Anglo-Saxon noblewoman Wynflæd to Mary Astell, the 17th century author and philosopher. Max has also published

Max Adams

Max_Adams

Ebbesbourne Wake

Village in Wiltshire, England

English "brunna". Ebbesbourne appears in the Latin will of a Dorset woman, Wynflæd, the earliest will of a woman to survive in English history, described

Ebbesbourne Wake

Ebbesbourne_Wake

Gale Owen-Crocker

Professor emerita of the University of Manchester, England

noting that "even minor mishandling could cause irreversible damage." "Wynflæd's Wardrobe", Anglo-Saxon England, vol 8, 1979, pp. 195–202. Rites and Religions

Gale Owen-Crocker

Gale_Owen-Crocker