Wynflaed Explained

Wynflæd or Ƿynflæd (died) was an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman and a major landowner in the areas of Hampshire, Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire.[1] Wynflæd is likely a widow vowess primarily connected to royal foundation at Shaftesbury Abbey,[2] with further connections to royal nunnery at Wilton Abbey. There is ongoing debate if she was the mother of Aelfgifu of Shaftesbury and thus the grandmother of Kings Eadwig and Edgar the Peaceful.[3]

Wynflæd's Will

Wynflæd's will has provided scholars with ample materials to better understand tenth-century England and Wessex in particular, including social conditions, material goods, familial strategies, religious women and legal processes.[4] Her will lists holdings and estates including Faccombe Netherton (modern Netherton, Hampshire) and Charlton Horethorne along with further manors and lands, and moveable goods such as tents, chests, cups, and clothing.

In 2018–19, Wynflæd's will was displayed in the British Library exhibition Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War[5] and included in the exhibition catalogue edited by Claire Breay and Joanna Story.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. [Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England|PASE]
  2. Owen. Gale R.. December 1979. Wynflæd's wardrobe . Anglo-Saxon England. en. 8. 195–222. 10.1017/S0263675100003082. 1474-0532.,Book: Foot, Sarah. Veiled Women, Volume 1: The Disappearance of Nuns from Anglo-Saxon England. Routledge. London. 2000. "Widows and Vowesses".
  3. PASE: ; Charter S744, Book: Yorke, Barbara, A. E.. Edgar, King of the English 959-975: New Interpretations. Boydell & Brewer. 2008. Scragg. Donald G.. Woodbridge, Suffolk. "The Women in Edgar's Life".
  4. Owen. Gale R.. December 1979. Wynflæd's wardrobe . Anglo-Saxon England. en. 8. 195–222. 10.1017/S0263675100003082. 1474-0532.,Book: Tollerton, Linda. 2011. Wills and Will-Making in Anglo-Saxon England. Boydell & Brewer. 9781903153376. Woodbridge, Suffolk.,Crick. Julia. October 1999. Women, Posthumous Benefaction, and Family Strategy in Pre-Conquest England. Journal of British Studies. en. 38. 4. 399–422. 10.1086/386201 .,Book: Weikert, Katherine. The Middle Ages Revisited: Studies in the Archaeology and History of Medieval Southern England Presented to Professor David A. Hinton. Archaeopress. 2018. 9781789690354. Jervis. Ben. Oxford. Of Pots and Pins: The Households of Late Anglo-Saxon Faccombe Netherton.
  5. Web site: Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: a once-in-a-generation exhibition. British Library Medieval Manuscripts Blog. 18 October 2018. 23 December 2023.
  6. Web site: Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms (Paperback). British Library Shop. 23 December 2023.

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