• Will of Aethelgifu

Extent:

• 1 leaf : parchment, 56 x 35 cm.

Date:

• 0990

Language:

• English, Old (ca.450-1100)

Author:

• Aethelgifu

Abstract:

• Manuscript will.

Description:

• Origin: Written in England, probably at the Abbey of St. Albans, ca. 990.

Provenance:

• Provenance: Belonged to the Abbey of St. Albans in the 12th century; belonged to Sir Matthew Hale in the 17th century who probably received it from John Selden; acquired at Sotheby's, London, Dec. 10, 1969.

Former owner:

• Selden, John, 1584-1654
• Hale, Matthew, 1609-1676
• Scheide, William H. (William Hurd), 1914-2014

Contributor:

• St. Albans Abbey

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9935123543506421

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